Title: U.S. Imperialism in the Pacific Islands
Headings: 
U.S. Imperialism in the Pacific Islands;
Hawaii Becomes a Republic
Content: The Sphere of Influence was the type of imperialism because the United States used Hawaii for their sugar trade. The U.S. had an interest in Hawaii because it was a port on the way to India and China. When Hawaii's sugar trade started to change the Hawaiian economy is when America made the American Sugar Plantation. 75 percent of Hawaii's wealth was because of the sugar plantations by the mid 1800's. In 1890, a crisis was set off in the Pacific Islands because the McKinley Tariff Act was passed in the U.S. This Act eliminated the tax on all sugar being imported into the U.S. Some American business leaders wanted to push to take over Hawaii and add the territory to the United States. 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.