America Today

January9th,1893

Hawaii:WhatYouDidntKno

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TheacquisitionofHawaii
appearedtobeahugesuccess
forAmerica.Wereceivedmore
land,moremoney,andmore
people.However,thefactof
howHawaiiansfeltwerenot
considered.DuringAmericas
ImperialismforHawaii
happened,theHawaiiansdid
notwanttogiveuptheirland.
Hawaiiwastakenfromthem
withforce.Itbeganwith
Kalakaua,theleaderofHawaii.
Hewasputatgunpoint
multipletimestosubmitto
Americasdemands.This
wasdonewithoutthefull
agreementofPresident
Cleveland.Ifnationalhonesty
istobedisregardedandadesire
forterritorialextension,or

WhenKalakauawasputat
gunpoint,theyforcedHawaiito
giveupimportantthings,like
theirrights.Americastoletheir
rightstovoteinHawaii.The
reasonwhyAmericawanted
Hawaiiwasbecausethreethings.
SugarinvestorswantedHawaii
becauseHawaiigrewsugar.This
wouldgettheinvestorsmore
money.Secondly,Protestants
wantedtoconverttheHawaiians
intoChristianity.Lastly,acquiring
Hawaiiwouldbemorelandtofit
morepeople.However,Hawaiians
werestillforcedtogivetheirland
up.Theydidntwillinglyagree.
BothmaleandfemaleHawaiians
petitionedagainstHawaiian
acquisition.Iftwodifferent
gendersareworkingtogether,it
showshowmuchtheydontwant
toloseHawaii.Isntthissimilar
toAmericaandBritain,howwe