Annexing Hawaii
1898
Why
Hawaii?
• Political: to spread
democracy-Hawaii had
a monarchy
• Economic: for
resources such as
sugar & fruits, land,
cheap labor, & trade
routes/markets
• Religious: Convert
them to Christianity
PERMS
• Military: for a
naval base in the
Pacific
• Social: To spread
our culture.
• Social
Darwinism: We
believe we need to
“civilize” them.
Steps to Annexation
• 1820s: American
farmers begin
buying cheap land
in Hawaii
• They grow sugar
and recruit cheap
labor from China,
Japan, & the
Philippines
Steps to Annexation
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1875: Turning Point for
US plantation owners
US makes a deal with
Hawaiian King that
there will not be a tax
on sugar
So we buy their sugar
cheaper & plantation
owner make more
money!
US plantation owners
want more power in
Hawaiian gov.
Steps to
Annexation
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1886: US asks King if
we can have a naval
base
King says no! Why?
1887: Bayonet
Constitution:
American landowners
led an uprising
King is pressured to
sign Constitution
US gets base at Pearl
Harbor & large
landowners get voting
rights
Steps to Annexation
• 1891: King Dies!
• Queen Liliuokalani
(sister) takes over
& makes
Constitution null &
void to rid
American Power
Revolt!
• John Stevens &
Sanford Dole led
revolt
• US marines help
• Overthrow Queen
• Dole declares
himself President
of Hawaii
•
Hawaii
is
Annexed
1898: Hawaii
becomes a US
territory under
President
McKinley
• Dole becomes 1st
Governor
• Why don’t we
make them a
state?
• Becomes state
1959 -50th!