Title: Was it right for the U.S. to take Hawaii? | Debate.org
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Was it right for the U.S. to take Hawaii?
We're America. Suck it.
By the standards of the time, the US was justified.
The U.S should have taken Hawaii
We saved their butts
It's them or us
Annexation of Hawaii
Hawaii was a major economic benefit
Hawaii saves the day
Hawaii was a major economic benefit
It was justified
It was illegal, and immoral
They Shouldn't Have
We took away a nation's independence and culture.
We took a highly functioning Island nation without approval from our President.
Might Doesn't Make Right
not our place
The only major supporting point I see for pro-annexationists is "if we didn't do it someone else would've"
Hewa! Very Wrong
Heck yes we should of
The way Hawaii was gained was unjust

Content: King Kalakaua had toured the globe and met specifically with powerful and influential leaders and rulers of each country he encountered. Japan had a mutual and generally cordial response to welcome Kalakaua, they had a welcoming ceremony waiting for him when he docked and Kalakaua exchanged pleasantries with their emperor. This is stated in the Blount report, which is the report of the investigation on the overthrow by an American. He even stated in his call-to-action that the Queen Lili'uokalani be reinstated immediately. America had no need for Hawai'i much at all, it was the power and greed of the separate parties residing there at the time which represented America without proper government authority and then represented themselves as Hawaiians in front of the American government to support annexation. This w