Economy:
78% of the wealth from Hawaii is from sugar plantations. These plantations were owned by Americans.
Labor imported from Japan/China.
1887 king forced to grant voting rights to only wealthy landowners.
1887 U.S. gained rights to Pearl Harbor.
1890 McKinley Tariff eliminated the duty-free status of Hawaiian sugar. Hawaiian sugar had to compete with other sugar growers, especially Cuba. Annexation of Hawaii would mean Hawaiian sugar would become duty-free.
Politics:
Pres. Cleveland wanted the queen restored to power.
Dole refused to give up power.
Cleveland recognized the Republic of Hawaii, but refused to annex Hawaii.
1897 Pres. McKinley made Hawaii an American territory.
Geography:
All Hawaiian Islands were formed by volcanic action that arose from the sea bottom, from magma source in geology is called hot spot.
The Hawaiian Archipelago comprises eighteen islands and atolls that stretch over 2,400 km.
The Hawaiian Archipelago comprises eighteen islands and atolls that stretch over 2,400 km.
Culture:
Americans on the islands forced the Hawaiian rulers to create a constitutional monarchy under American control. In 1891, Queen Liliuokalani assumed the throne and tried to reassert Hawaiian sovereignty, but this brief attempt of independence came to an end two years later when the planters, with the help of American gunboats, staged a successful coup.
Agricultural products:
cattle and calves, milk, taro, melons and papayas, macadamia nuts, vegetables and rice are some agricultural products from the island make going the economy.
Natural resources: Hawaii's only natural resources are its climate, water supply, soil, vegetation, and surrounding ocean and rock, gravel, sand, and earth quarried for use in construction and landscaping.
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