How did United States acquire Hawaii?

Answer 1

Hawaii and the U.S. renewed a trade treaty that allowed Hawaiian sugar to be sold duty-free in the U.S. Hawaii also leased Pearl Harbor to the U.S. as a fueling and repair station for naval vessals. The same year, white Hawaiian-born planters forced the Hawaiian king, Kalakaua, to accept a new constitution that, in effect gave them control of the government.

When the King died in 1891, his sister Liliuokalani came to the throne. A strong nationalist, Queen Lili opossed U.S. control of the islands and sought to reduce the power of foreign merchants by returning voting rights to Asians and Hawaiians. In 1893, with the help of the U.S. Marines, pineapple planter Sanford B. Dole removed the Queen from power. He proclaimed Hawaii a republic and requested that it be annexed by the US.

When William McKinley was elected President, he supported the annexation. "We need Hawaii just as much and a great deal more that we did California. It's a manifest destiny," McKinely said in early 1898. After briefly considering whether the Hawaiian people wished to be annexed, Congress was swayed by arguments that the U.S. needed naval stations in Hawaii in order to protect it's world trade. In 1898, Congress approved the annexation of Hawaii.

A small group of wealthy and politically powerful American businessmen overthrew the Monarchy and stole for their personal use a soverign nation. It was a coup which the US by Joint Resolution of Congress in 1993 apologized for to the World in an Apology Resolution.

Answer 2

Answer:In 1898 Hawaii became a state! :):) AnswerThe US annexed Hawaii in 1898. This was BEFORE WWI

Hawaii was a territory after the Organic Act of 1900. They did not become a State until 1959. The U. S. held military bases on the Island since 1875, because Hawaiians feared take over by other countries and found a good alliance with the U.S. The U.S. used Hawaii during the Spanish American War in 1989 and used it again in WWI, but not to the extent it was used in WWII, obviously.

Answer 3

The Monarchy was overthrown by wealthy American businessmen with powerful political connections. The started a Republic of Hawaii and asked the US to annex it as a territory . In 1898 they did.

Answer 4

The Kingdom of Hawaii was sovereign from 1810 until 1893 when the monarchy was overthrown by resident American (and some European) businessmen. It was an independent republic from 1894 until 1898, when it was annexed by the United States as a territory, becoming a state in 1959.

Answer 5

The United States acquired Hawaii by meeting with leaders from Hawaii and discussing it joining the United States. This was done in 1897 but Hawaii did not become a state until 1959.

Answer 6

Hawaii was annexed by Congress after the monarchy was overthrown in a coup orchestrated by Dole, the company that sells pineapples in your local supermarket.

Answer 7

Hawaii asked congress to annex Hawaii as a territory in July 1898. In 1959 it became the 50th state.