3 янв 1898 г. - Annexation of Hawaii

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- American sugar planters worked in Hawaii and expanded the American-Hawaiian sugar trade
- Queen Liliuokalani opposed foreigners, which alienated Americans
- Revolution against the Queen occurred in 1893 with the encouragement of American leaders
- Feeling that most islanders idd not support this revolution, Grover Cleveland unsuccessfully attempted to restore the Queen
- Sanford Dole, son of American missionaries in Hawaii, shepherded the process of annexing Hawaii
- Dole became Hawaii's first governor when the US annexed it in 1898