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Why Was The United States Wrong For Annexing Hawaii
The United States was wrong for annexing Hawaii because they took away the nation’s independency and culture. Prior to the United States’s interference, Hawaii was a “very successful” and independent country with “remarkably distinctive society that bound them together in elaborate webs of obligation, ritual and reverence for nature.” The United States had no right to interfere in the political and economical system of a foreign nation governed by its own monarchy. But an American born missionary named Amos Starr Cooke convinced King Kamehameha III of Hawaii to proclaim a reform which took away the lands of the Hawaiian people and allowed ambitious planters to buy it legally. This opened the door for the creation of the reciprocity treaty between

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