It was annexed from the Republic of Hawaii which had overthrown the Kingdom of Hawaii five years earlier. It insured that a Naval Base in the middle of the Pacific Ocean would always be available.
Access to sugar ? Navy post for the East
Hawaii.Simple. Trite, and Not True.Americans did overthrow the Kingdom of Hawaii and form the Republic of Hawaii. That was True. It was not a move put into action by the US Government but by a very small group of American buissinessmen.
Hawaii and Alaska... Being an island group, and a territory bought from russia.
Hawaii was a US Territory.
The US was never acquired. It broke away from Great Britain as a result of the Revolutionary War that ended in 1781.
Hawaii was under an Monarchy, a queen. Other governments wanted Hawaii because it was good for ports and very nice land. The different governments came to Hawaii to start a war. The queen did not want her people to be killed so she surrendered. She was brought to jail and ended up dying waiting for justice. The United States was the highest bidder, so we acquired Hawaii in 1959.
No one. The US annexed Hawaii, which had been independent, in 1898.
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Eisenhower when it became a State and McKinley when it became a Territory.
Alaska. Maybe Hawaii?
Hawaii is the only independent country acquired by the US. After wars, the US occupied the Phillipines, Cuba, Japan ,Iraq, and parts of Afghanistan, Italy, Germany and Austria.
Hawaii.Simple. Trite, and Not True.Americans did overthrow the Kingdom of Hawaii and form the Republic of Hawaii. That was True. It was not a move put into action by the US Government but by a very small group of American buissinessmen.
The US overthrew the government using Navy seals and kicked out the Queen from power so they could use Hawaii as a military base.
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Hawaii
Alaska - Purchased from Russia Hawaii Florida Louisiana purchase - Purchased from France Gladstone Purchase Texas
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False