Title: Hawaii - Imperialism
Headings: HawaiI
HawaiI
Content: A constitutional democracy had already been formed, and the monarchy didn't have much power left anyway. In the next 50 years, Hawaii went into many treaties with America. Investors and American planters took over almost all Hawaiian affairs. An American Naval base, Pearl Harbor, was established. Americans looking for fertile places to plant crops had almost completely taken over the land, including their unique abundance of pineapples. A sister of deceased Queen Liliuokalani wrote a new constitution and restored the monarchy, but that didn't stop the entrepreneurs from scrambling to claim the new business opportunities. Before a revolutionary "Committee of Safety" was established by Sanford Ballad Dole to overthrow the monarchy once and for all, businessmen such as Dole taking over the country made this an example of Economic Imperialism. After the successful coup, the American government recognized Dole's new government and officially claimed Hawaii as a U.S Protectorate imperialism. Dole requested to annex Hawaii, or add it to the U.S as an official state, but congress opposed. President Grover Cleveland sent a U.S official to restore the monarchy and make peace with the Hawaiian people, but Dole refused to give up his power.