Hawaiian Annexation Timeline
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Updated: 13 Feb 2020
By: Lauren Dukeshire
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eventthe sugar planters staged
an uprising to overthrow the
Queen. Around the same time,
they appealed to the United States
armed forces to protect
them. Without Presidential
approval, marines stormed the
islands, and the American minister
to the islands raised the stars
and stripes in HonoluluBy this time, Gover Cleveland was inauguarated as presidnetPeriods
The U.S. began having an interest in HawaiiSince the 1840s,
keeping European
powers out of Hawaii
became a principal foreign
policy goalwar broke out with Spain.
The military significance of
Hawaiian naval bases as a
way station to the Spanish
Philippines.Texas joind the UnionHawaii remained a territory
until granted statehood as the fiftieth stateCongress approved the
McKinley Tariff. At the same
time, the Hawaiian throne was
passed to Queen LiliuokalaniHawaii remained a
territory until granted
statehood as the fiftieth
state
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