Title: U.S. Imperialism in the Pacific Islands
Headings: 
U.S. Imperialism in the Pacific Islands;
Hawaii Becomes a Republic
Content: With doing this, the U.S. can sell the Hawaiian sugar for a greater profit. Around the same time, Queen Liliuokalani was the new Hawaiian ruler. She wanted a new constitution to give her more power and would restore the political power of the Hawaiians. The Americans didn't want this to happen so they made a plan to over throw the Hawaiian Monarchy. That same year Queen Liliuokalani was removed from power. In 1894, Sanford B. Dole became the president of the new republic. He asked the United States to annex, or add the Hawaiian Republic to the U.S. territory. At first, President Cleveland didn't want to add Hawaii to the United States. But, in 1898 the president annexed Hawaii into the United States. Source: