Title: Annexation of Hawaii (1898) | Sutori
Headings: Annexation of Hawaii (1898)
Annexation of Hawaii (1898)
Why Hawaii?
Trade, Sugar and Labor
Keep Europe Out!
Steps Toward Annexation
Daniel Webster
Hawaii-United States Treaty -1849
US TREATY WITH THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, DEC. 20, 1849
Annexation
Queen Liliuokalani
Sanford Dole
President William McKinley
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Content: Steps Toward Annexation
Daniel Webster
In 1842, Secretary of State Daniel Webster sent a letter to Hawaiian agents in Washington affirming U.S. interests in Hawaii and opposing annexation by any other nation. He also proposed to Great Britain and France that no nation should seek special privileges or engage in further colonization of the islands. In 1849, the United States and Hawaii concluded a treaty of friendship that served as the basis of official relations between the parties. Hawaii-United States Treaty -1849
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US TREATY WITH THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, DEC. 20, 1849
This treaty between the United States and Hawaii was meant to ensure and preserve the economic and diplomatic relations between the independent kingdom of Hawaii and the United States. In reality, this treaty served as a stepping stone toward American dominance of the islands and the eventual annexation of Hawaii into the United States. Annexation
Queen Liliuokalani
Queen Liliuokalani was the last sovereign of the Kamehameha dynasty in Hawaii. By the time she took the throne in 1891, a new Hawaiian constitution had removed much of the monarchy’s powers in favor of an elite class of businessmen and wealthy landowners (many of them American). When Liliuokalani acted to restore these powers, a U.S. military-backed coup deposed her in 1893 and formed a provisional government; Hawaii was declared a republic in 1894.