President McKinley agree to the sealing of Hawaii because he was bought and paid for by big business such as Sanford Dole of pineapple fame. Outgoing president, Grover Cleveland tried to get the blessing of congress to retake Hawaii and give it back to it rightful owners, but the Money Power in the US saw to it that that would not happen.
This was an era of US Imperialism. Annexing Hawaii was a logical step in its time.
William McKinley was president during the annexation of Hawaii.
William McKinley
McKinley's predecessor, Grover Cleaveland, refused to sign the treaty of annexation.
The annexation of Hawaii under President William McKinley.
McKinley's predecessor, Grover Cleveland, had refused to sign the treaty for annexation submitted by a new government whose legality was questionable.
The US Congress and President McKinley.
The Hawaiian Patriotic league opposed the annexation of Hawaii. President William McKinley proposed and favored the annexation of Hawaii.
McKinley's predecessor, Grover Cleveland, had refused to sign the treaty for annexation submitted by a new government whose legality was questionable.
William McKinley was president in 1899.
Hawaii was a valuable naval base and key to trade with Asia.
The annexation of Hawaii was delayed due to political opposition and differing views on imperialism during the presidency of Grover Cleveland, who was against annexation and sought to restore the overthrown Hawaiian monarchy. After Cleveland, William McKinley, who favored expansion and annexation, became president in 1897. His administration pushed for annexation amid growing strategic and economic interests in the Pacific, particularly following the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, which heightened the perceived need for a naval base at Pearl Harbor. Consequently, the annexation was formally completed in 1898.
in 1896, william mckinley became president of the united states.