The Annexation of Hawaii (2022/2023)
Already Passed
What does annexation mean? ✔✔to take over without permission and make it a part of
something bigger.
The US relationship with Hawaii ✔✔In 1893, the Kingdom of Hawaii was overthrown and the
Republic of Hawaii was established.
A few years later, in 1898, Hawaii became a territory of the United States.
Over the next several years the United States would built military bases on the islands including
Pearl Harbor.
Why were the Hawaiian island viewed as important to the US and other countries? ✔✔it had the
finest harbor in the mid-Pacific and was viewed as a strategically valuable as a refueling station
for ships and naval base.
, Hawaii was perfectly located in the Pacific Ocean to set up the naval base to refuel and resupply,
and Pearl Harbor being one of the largest and best natural harbors in the Pacific Ocean, made for
the perfect fit.
The United States wanted to use Hawaii as a platform from which they could have a dominant
Military presence in the Pacific.
It was whaling, sugar and pineapples that first brought Pearl Harbor to America's attention.
Sugar industry
its agriculture resources and strategic location in the Pacific
U.S. business interests and naval strategists had long coveted the island kingdom.
Why did the group over throw the queen? ✔✔The businessmen claimed that they were
overthrowing the queen because:
• She and the government were corrupt
Already Passed
What does annexation mean? ✔✔to take over without permission and make it a part of
something bigger.
The US relationship with Hawaii ✔✔In 1893, the Kingdom of Hawaii was overthrown and the
Republic of Hawaii was established.
A few years later, in 1898, Hawaii became a territory of the United States.
Over the next several years the United States would built military bases on the islands including
Pearl Harbor.
Why were the Hawaiian island viewed as important to the US and other countries? ✔✔it had the
finest harbor in the mid-Pacific and was viewed as a strategically valuable as a refueling station
for ships and naval base.
, Hawaii was perfectly located in the Pacific Ocean to set up the naval base to refuel and resupply,
and Pearl Harbor being one of the largest and best natural harbors in the Pacific Ocean, made for
the perfect fit.
The United States wanted to use Hawaii as a platform from which they could have a dominant
Military presence in the Pacific.
It was whaling, sugar and pineapples that first brought Pearl Harbor to America's attention.
Sugar industry
its agriculture resources and strategic location in the Pacific
U.S. business interests and naval strategists had long coveted the island kingdom.
Why did the group over throw the queen? ✔✔The businessmen claimed that they were
overthrowing the queen because:
• She and the government were corrupt
