Ch. 7 Sec. 1
Influences in Hawaii and
Asia
Taking Control of Hawaii
Early Contact
O American traders and missionaries started
arriving in 1820s
O Brought diseases that dropped population
from 300,000 to 40,000 by 1893
O Key Resource: Sugar
America Wants More
O America was gaining
more control of
Hawaiian land
O King Kalakaua
wanted Hawaiians
back in power
Bayonet Constitution, 1887
O King Kalakaua forced to sign new
constitution at gunpoint by Americans
O Forced the King to give over Pearl Harbor to
America
O Restricted the King’s power and stopped
many Hawaiians from being able to vote
End of Hawaiian
Independence
O Queen Liliuokalani
planned to restore power
O American minister, John L.
Stevens, ordered Marines
to surround royal palace
O Queen surrendered on Jan.
17, 1893
O Sanford B. Dole president
Annexation
O President Grover Cleveland did not favor
annexation
O President McKinley did and Congress
approved in 1898
O Became the 50th state in 1959
O Congress apologized to Hawaii in 1993
What Imperialistic Reasons
Did U.S. Use to Gain
Hawaii?
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Influence in China
O Been trading with China since 1784
O European nations were also trading in China
O United States was losing trading
opportunities
Open Door Policy
O American proposal to European nations to
give all nations equal trading rights in China
O Led to Boxer Rebellion- Chinese nationalists
attacked foreigners
O America sent troops to end rebellion,
increased influence
Influence in Japan
O U.S. Navy arrived in Japan in 1853 and
opened trade in 1854
O Japan continued to grow stronger through
the years
O Roosevelt sent out the Great White Fleet in
1907