Why Did The United States Civilize Pearl Harbor?

The first and only queen of Hawaii, Queen Liliuokalani proposed removing the property owning qualifications for voting. In 1893, not only did John L. Stevens and his marines overthrow Liliuokalani, however, she became the queen after her brother’s death, also a king. She believed in a Hawaii for Hawaiians.

The policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories. In the 1880s, Americans believed in benefits about expanding their territories overseas since they desired new strength in the military, wanted new markets, and believed they were culturally superior. Americans used Social Darwinism to justify their false superiority in which the phrase “survival of the fittest” motivated them to believe that Anglo-Saxons were fittest. American imperialists thought that it was their responsibility to civilize these inferior races with things like spreading Christianity. The United States desired to be as powerful as the other European imperialists.

The base became a refueling station for American ships. Pearl Harbor was most significant in the year 1887. The surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, by the Japanese Imperial Navy was of significant importance because it ignited the fury of the United States' entrance into World War II. The following day, December 8, 1945, the United States declared war on Japan. Fundamentally, the long-term significance of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor is that it eliminated (apparently permanently) isolationism from American political thought, and was the event that propelled the USA into the dominant super-power position it has held since about