The first settlers to come to Hawaii were Polynesian travelers, arriving in the eighth century. The first Americans to voyage to Hawaii were looking to collect and sell sandalwood to China, where it was very valuable at the time. By 1850 the sugar business was well acquainted with the fertile and abundant land. Planters and missionaries alike came to plant and brought social and economic changes along with them.
On January 17th, 1893, a group of American sugar planters led by Sanford Ballad Dole overthrew the queen of Hawaii, Queen Liliuokalani. A constitutional democracy had already been formed, and the monarchy didn't have much power left anyway. In the next 50 years, Hawaii went into many treaties with America. Investors and American planters took over almost all Hawaiian affairs. An American Naval base, Pearl Harbor, was established. Americans looking for fertile places to plant crops had almost completely taken over the land, including their unique abundance of pineapples. A sister of deceased Queen Liliuokalani wrote a new constitution and restored the monarchy, but that didn't stop the entrepreneurs from scrambling to claim the new business opportunities.
Before a revolutionary "Committee of Safety" was established by Sanford Ballad Dole to overthrow the monarchy once and for all, businessmen such as Dole taking over the country made this an example of Economic Imperialism. After the successful coup, the American government recognized Dole's new government and officially claimed Hawaii as a U.S Protectorate imperialism. Dole requested to annex Hawaii, or add it to the U.S as an official state, but congress opposed. President Grover Cleveland sent a U.S official to restore the monarchy and make peace with the Hawaiian people, but Dole refused to give up his power. Frustrated with the American government's efforts to take away his dominion, Dole officially declared his independence as the Republic of Hawaii. President William McKinley negotiated a treaty with the new country and America had a protectorate once again. In 1898, the Spanish-American war broke out making Pearl Harbor the final straw to sway the U.S to annex Hawaii. Two years later in 1900, Hawaii was made an official American territory and in 1959, it was made the 50th state in the United States of America
On January 17th, 1893, a group of American sugar planters led by Sanford Ballad Dole overthrew the queen of Hawaii, Queen Liliuokalani. A constitutional democracy had already been formed, and the monarchy didn't have much power left anyway. In the next 50 years, Hawaii went into many treaties with America. Investors and American planters took over almost all Hawaiian affairs. An American Naval base, Pearl Harbor, was established. Americans looking for fertile places to plant crops had almost completely taken over the land, including their unique abundance of pineapples. A sister of deceased Queen Liliuokalani wrote a new constitution and restored the monarchy, but that didn't stop the entrepreneurs from scrambling to claim the new business opportunities.
Before a revolutionary "Committee of Safety" was established by Sanford Ballad Dole to overthrow the monarchy once and for all, businessmen such as Dole taking over the country made this an example of Economic Imperialism. After the successful coup, the American government recognized Dole's new government and officially claimed Hawaii as a U.S Protectorate imperialism. Dole requested to annex Hawaii, or add it to the U.S as an official state, but congress opposed. President Grover Cleveland sent a U.S official to restore the monarchy and make peace with the Hawaiian people, but Dole refused to give up his power. Frustrated with the American government's efforts to take away his dominion, Dole officially declared his independence as the Republic of Hawaii. President William McKinley negotiated a treaty with the new country and America had a protectorate once again. In 1898, the Spanish-American war broke out making Pearl Harbor the final straw to sway the U.S to annex Hawaii. Two years later in 1900, Hawaii was made an official American territory and in 1959, it was made the 50th state in the United States of America
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