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Annexation Of Hawaii Essay

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According to the Hawaiian History, Hawaii was the 50th state of the United States (US) admitted to the Union. In January 1893, provisional government overthrew the Queen. President Grover Cleveland aimed to restore Liliuokalani to her throne, but the American public sentiment strongly favored annexation. After the Spanish-American war broke in 1898, President William McKinley signed a joint resolution annexing the islands. Hawaii remained a territory until granted statehood as the fiftieth state in 1959. Even though US had more power than Hawaiian kingdoms, overthrown of the Hawaiian kingdom was unfair to the Hawaiians because U.S took Hawaiian cultures that Hawaiians had for 1500 years, illegal, and immoral.

Hawaiians had lots of enthrall cultures, like hula, artworks, and Hawaiian festivals. Even though President Grover Cleveland was a candid anti-imperialist and thought Americans had acted shamefully in Hawaii, the Committee of Safety established a provisional government, leaded by Mr. Dole, U.S president …show more content…

government’s role in the overthrow and acknowledged that “the native Hawaiian people never directly relinquished to the United States their claims to their inherent sovereignty.” And, since 2000, Senator Daniel K. Akaka of Hawaii, who is soon to retire, has repeatedly proposed to Congress the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act, also known as the Akaka Bill, which would extend sovereignty to 400,000 native Hawaiians. In 2005, The Times described the bill: “The measure would give [Native Hawaiians] equivalent legal standing to American Indians and native Alaskans and lead to the creation of a governing body that would make decisions on [their] behalf … The governing body would also have the power to negotiate with federal and state authorities over the disposition of vast amounts of land and resources taken by the United States when the islands were annexed in

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