10. Taking Hawaii (344-345)--
Since the 1790's many people on their way to China and East India went through or by Hawaii on their way home or to visit. In 1867 the United State baught the Hawaiian Islands. In the 1829's, Yankee missionaries founded many Christian schools and churches.. The Yankee missionaries children were and grew up to be sugar planters. They sold their sugar to the United States.
The Cry for Annexation---
In the mid 19th century most of Hawaii's wealth was form sugar plantations. The imported their help from Japan, Portugal China, Etc.. In 1875 the United States decided that they would import their goods free of duty. In 1890 the McKinley Tariff was passed. It stated that they would get rid of duty- free of Hawaiian sugar. Now that that law was passed Hawaiian now faced American products being sold.
In 1887, the United States allowed Hawaii's people to build a naval base at Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor is their best port now beacuse of Americas ships stoping there. In 1887, White rich business leaders forced their King Kalakaua to element people from voting( Only white rich landowners. Kalakaua died in 1891, so his sister Queen Liliuuokalani took over in his place..John L. Stevens and others organized a plan to over throw the Queen. Their plan worked and Sanfor B. Dole took of the government for now on. Then President Cleveland of the United States made Dole step down and the Queen got her power back.
On August 12,1898, Congress said hawaii was a state, but in 1959 Hawaii becasue the 50th state of the UNited States..
I Think this takeing Hawaii stuff is really intersenting and cool....
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