Many people fought to gain Hawaii. The benefits were:
.gaining Hawaii Islands
.Making an army base on the Islands
.and Making many more jobs which positively effected the economy.
The Hawaiian Patriotic league opposed the annexation of Hawaii. President William McKinley proposed and favored the annexation of Hawaii.
Annexation changed the social structure of Hawaii
Japanese imperial power caused it to gain more respect from the world, and increased the nationalism of its citizens. It gained land and resources that it did not possess, particularly in the annexation of Korea. Its defeat of Russia gained new respect for its military and the annexation of Manchuria established it as the premier Asian power.
The US did not attempt to annex Cuba. Congress made an explicit statement that annexation was not part of US war aims. The native Hawaiian population attempted to revers the US annexation by appealing to the US courts, and were rejected. In the Philippines, the US faced armed resistance from fighters who felt betrayed by US annexation, when they thought they were allied with US forces in their efforts to expel Spain and establish a Philippine Republic. This lasted until about 1906.
Because Hawaii's annexation was not supported by the people of Hawaii.
In 1898.
It was formerly another group who wanted to overthrow the Hawaiian Monarch Government of Hawaii which was the "Hawaiian League" also now known as the "Annexation Club".
American Imperialism.
The sugar plantation owners.
Augustus Octavius Bacon has written: 'Hawaiian annexation ..' -- subject(s): Colonial question, Annexation to the United States, Speeches in Congress
Marion De Vries has written: 'Hawaiian annexation' -- subject(s): Colonial Question, Annexation to the United States, Speeches in Congress
The reason there is no answer is because it wasn't. No treaty of annexation ever took place. Hawaii is an occupied nation state.
Joseph Verdi Graff has written: 'Remarks of Hon. Joseph V. Graff, of Illinois, on the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands, in the House of representatives, June 15, 1898 ...' -- subject(s): Annexation to the United States
The Hawaiian Patriotic league opposed the annexation of Hawaii. President William McKinley proposed and favored the annexation of Hawaii.
Elijah Adams Morse has written: 'The Hawaiian Islands ...' -- subject(s): Colonial question, Annexation to the United States, Speeches in Congress
A group of businessmen known as the Committee of Safety wanted the US to annex Hawaii. They overthrew the Hawaiian government and petitioned for annexation, led by Sanford Dole.
Julius A. Palmer has written: 'Memories of Hawaii and Hawaiian correspondence' -- subject(s): History 'Again in Hawaii' -- subject(s): Annexation to the United States