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Answered 2017-12-05 13:52:18
1. desired to become more internationalistic and imperalistic so they keep their eyes on the European powers who were developing their colonial powers
2. wanted to possess a naval base of operations to see after their possessions at the time , namely the Philippines, Guam etc.as their protectorates
3. Hawaii was an important stop for whaling ships and a growing sugar producer. To ensure the US maintained preferred market access and not France or the UK, they took it. Hawai'i was never legally annexed to the United States. Annexation involves "cession", which is the transfer of dominium (sovereignty/authority) and domain ( real estate ). Cession is always a bilateral transaction between two sovereign states, which is achieved through a treaty of cession or treaty of annexation.