<prompt> Translate the following text to SwahiliDuring this period, foreigners were allowed to buy large parcels of land for the first time much of it used for the sugarcane plantations, and ties to America, both economic and political, were dramatically tightened, with talk of possibly annexing Hawaii reaching the White House.  <response>: Wakati huo, wageni waliruhusiwa kununua mashamba makubwa kwa mara ya kwanza, na uhusiano na Marekani, kiuchumi na kisiasa, uliongezeka sana, na mazungumzo ya kuunganisha Hawaii yalifika White House. 