Describe The Relationship Between Hawai I And The Us
Relations Between Hawai’i and the United States of America
Are you in a healthy relationship? We often hear this question being asked in day to day life, but why? There must be an importance to this question for it to be so commonly asked among our current society. A relationship is a bond consisting of mutual communication and is the basis of any friendship or enmity for that matter. As we examine the relationship between Hawai’i and the United States we may conclude that such relationship is not healthy. Despite the benefits of Hawai’i’s current relationship with the United States the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy, the Blount report, and a dwindling culture and language all exemplify the negative effects it has had on Hawai’i. …show more content…
The treaty established a free-trade agreement between Hawai’i and the U.S involving Hawaiian sugar. This would result in not only Hawai’i becoming heavily dependent on the U.S for they were responsible for 99% of the sugar grown and processed there but also allotted the U.S exclusive rights to utilizing pearl harbor. If there had been no relationship established between Hawai’i and the U.S the reciprocity treaty would seize to exist and would not have played the crucial role it did in the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy. Another point in which exemplifies the unhealthy relationship between the two nations was when Chester Arthur, the president of the United States at the time, expressed Americas “sympathetic” attitude if Hawai’i were to be overthrown. For such claim to be made only further illustrates the deleterious nature of this relationship and its contribution to the consequential overthrow of the Hawaiian
Are you in a healthy relationship? We often hear this question being asked in day to day life, but why? There must be an importance to this question for it to be so commonly asked among our current society. A relationship is a bond consisting of mutual communication and is the basis of any friendship or enmity for that matter. As we examine the relationship between Hawai’i and the United States we may conclude that such relationship is not healthy. Despite the benefits of Hawai’i’s current relationship with the United States the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy, the Blount report, and a dwindling culture and language all exemplify the negative effects it has had on Hawai’i. …show more content…
The treaty established a free-trade agreement between Hawai’i and the U.S involving Hawaiian sugar. This would result in not only Hawai’i becoming heavily dependent on the U.S for they were responsible for 99% of the sugar grown and processed there but also allotted the U.S exclusive rights to utilizing pearl harbor. If there had been no relationship established between Hawai’i and the U.S the reciprocity treaty would seize to exist and would not have played the crucial role it did in the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy. Another point in which exemplifies the unhealthy relationship between the two nations was when Chester Arthur, the president of the United States at the time, expressed Americas “sympathetic” attitude if Hawai’i were to be overthrown. For such claim to be made only further illustrates the deleterious nature of this relationship and its contribution to the consequential overthrow of the Hawaiian