Annexing Hawaii
1898
Opener:
How much sugar
do you have in a
day?
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
What is a
monarchy?
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 get cheap
labor from China,
Japan, & the
Philippines
Steps to Annexation
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1875: Turning Point for
U.S. plantation owners
U.S. 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!
U.S. plantation owners
want more power in the
Hawaiian gov.
What is a tax?
Steps to
Annexation
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What is a
constitution? How
does it change a
monarchy?
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1886: U.S. asks King if we
can have a naval base
King says no! Why?
1887: Bayonet
Constitution: American
landowners led a revolt
Force King to sign
Constitution
U.S. gets base at Pearl
Harbor & large landowners
get voting rights
King is losing power
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
• U.S. 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!