How Did American Imperialism Affect Hawaii

United States’ Imperialism Power Over Hawaii

Throughout the course of the years, the United States began investing their time into intervening in different countries to become a dominant world power in the Western Hemisphere. As the time reached of when the U.S. became more determined and serious over spreading its forces across colonies, a plentiful amount of the world had been already claimed. Only a few territories remained liberated from the imperialist movement, in which Hawaii was one of the unclaimed areas. In order to pertain Hawaii as their own intervention, the U.S. had mainly focussed onto preventing European countries of investing into the Hawaiian markets, resources, political stability, and economic interests. America had

However, around 1890, an event occurred which changed the relation of the U.S. market and Hawaiian plantation workers. When the approval, created by the Congress, of the “McKinley Tariff” was established, the sugar planters of Hawaii were marked down in the American business, leading to depression of an economic downturn in the Hawaiian islands. The Tariff revolved around increasing the price of import rates over foreign sugar from the Hawaiian islands. Due to the Congress’s decision-making, the Hawaiian sugar growers were required to sell resources in the American market for a price lower than regular. The belief, among the sugar farmers of mostly white Americans, which referred to the annexation of Hawaii to the U.S. causing for the tariff conflict to be solved, had been wondered if it is something truthful to be aware of. During this time, the Hawaii had earned a new leader, known as Queen Liliuokalani, who viewed the majority of Hawaii’s problems caused by the foreign interference of the United States. Moreover, in the year of 1893, the planters had felt as if in order for the conflict of the “McKinley Tariff”