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The nativeHawaiiansdid not want to become a US state, whereas the planters did so that they would not have to pay the tariff on their goods when they imported them to the mainland. Since the natives did not want to become a part of America, the planters took control of the government so that they could claim that this was what the Hawaiian people wanted. The president at the time (i cant recall who) did not believe this to be the true wish of the Hawaiian people, and so rejected the request, until another president a few years later approved it.

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