My blog is about the United States taking Hawaii. The main reason for the thought of Hawaii becoming part of the US is the sugar trade. The reason why this became such a big deal is because of the McKinley Tariff. This tariff made Hawaii hard to live in because they weren't making any money because of the huge import tax to the United States which was there main buyer of there sugar exports. Hawaii's Queen Liliuokalani refused the thought of becoming part of the US because that would make her less powerful. So the sugar growers, mostly white Americans, knew that if Hawaii were to be annexed or added to the United States, the tariff problem would disappear. Finally it happened in 1898 when president William McKinley finally decided to annex the territory of Hawaii. It officially became a state in 1959 it was the 50th and final state to be added to the United States. I think that this was a good decision by the US to get Hawaii because of all of the research that we have done and all of the information that we have gained just on the volcanoes. Also all of the resources that the US have gained such as sugar and pineapples and many others were also a plus.
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A bit brief overall and please break info into paragraphs!