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America Enters the World Stage

America Enters the World Stage. The Annexation of Hawaii . Why did Americans have interest in Hawaii? . Sugar & Pineapples American businessmen bought huge chunks of land to form plantations Dominated the economy of Hawaii. Strategic Naval Base. Who was King Kalakaua ?.

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America Enters the World Stage

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  1. America Enters the World Stage The Annexation of Hawaii

  2. Why did Americans have interest in Hawaii? • Sugar & Pineapples • American businessmen bought huge chunks of land to form plantations • Dominated the economy of Hawaii

  3. Strategic Naval Base

  4. Who was King Kalakaua? • Became King in 1875 • Nationalistic • Tried to build Hawaiian economy • Attempted to limit American power & stop the building of a U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor

  5. What was the Hawaiian League? • Secret group of mostly American business leaders living in Hawaii. • Goal was the annexation of Hawaii to the United States

  6. What was the Bayonet Constitution? • Kalakaua refuses to allow naval base in Hawaii • Hawaiian League (at gunpoint) forces Kalakaua to sign a new constitution • Turns Hawaii into a Constitutional Monarchy • Reduces King Kalakaua to a figurehead

  7. Provisions of the Bayonet Constitution • Changed voting requirements. • Allowed foreign residents (Americans) to vote • Only Hawaiian, American & European males allowed to vote • Allowed the Hawaiian legislature to override decisions of the King

  8. Who was Queen Liliuokalani? • Became Queen of Hawaii when her brother died (Kalakaua). • Tried to do away with the Bayonet Constitution & restore power to the Hawaiian monarchy • Began drafting a new constitution giving more power to herself and restoring voting rights

  9. Overthrow of Liliuokalani • Because of her drafting of a new constitution, the Hawaiian League plots to overthrow Liliuokalani. • John L. Stevens (American minister to Hawaii) supports coup. Orders group of U.S. Marines to surround Liliuokalani’s palace. • Liliuokalani surrenders Jan. 17, 1893

  10. Aftermath • Provisional government set up called the Committee of Safety. • John L. Stevens recognized the new Republic of Hawaii & declared Hawaii under U.S. protection • President Grover Cleveland opposed the coup and refused to annex Hawaii

  11. Annexation • 5 years later (1898) President McKinley signs treaty to annex Hawaii • Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States in 1900. • 1959: Became 50th U.S. State

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