How Did The United States Take Hawaii In The 1800's

merican expansionists were interested in taking hawaii in the late 1800’s. Because Hawaii was located 2,ooo miles west from california it was a great place for coaling stations and naval bases for ships going to and from Asia. Americans were not the only ones interested in hawaii. A british explorer named Captain james cook, has been to the island in 1778, and then hawaii was very well known to other parts of the world. After cook’s arrival chief kamehameha united the eight major islands under his leadership. He made a monarchy and began a profitable trade in sandalwood. In the 1820’s u.s. Ships began arriving with traders and missionaries.
Without authorization John L. Stevens, an american minister chose to help the rebel sugar planters, and ordered four boatloads of u.s. Marines to go ashore. And that is unfair to hawaii because a bunch of people wanted hawaii to become apart of the united states just for the one reason that they didn't want to pay taxes. They took positions around the royal palace, aiming guns and cannons at the building. The rebels said they were ending the monarchy. The queen gave up under protest on January 17, 1893. Hawaii was put under protection by the u.s., while the Senate made a treaty to annex the islands. Despite her plea “to undo the actions of its representatives’’, united states government didn't allow her to access her thrown at that time. One side of the story the businessman told was that the only reason they overthrew the queen of Hawaii was because it was corrupt and dissolute regime. To be honest i think they were more interested in installing the advance democratic principles. Troubled by the events in hawaii, the president Grover