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Manifest Destiny Moves into the Pacific
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Content: A second manifest destiny. The United States sought to expand it's long standing trade routes to the Far East, namely China. To this end the United States championed an " open door policy " with regard to trade and China. Meaning the United States insisted on equal access to Chinese ports open for trade with the west. Equal with other great powers of the day. In order to exploit this new equal access to Chinese trade ports, the United States required the infrastructure to refuel it's new and enlarged steam powered trade fleet. Hawaii with one of the best natural ports in the mid Pacific played an important role in this new American initiative. US State Dept: Annexation of Hawaii, 1898
. When Queen Liliuokalani moved to establish a stronger monarchy, Americans (Native American Hawaiian sugar plantation owners) under the leadership of Samuel Dole deposed her in 1893.