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USS Boston was a crusier that stayed off the Hawaiian shores to protect American interests in Hawaii. When the planters staged a revolt against Queen Liliuokalani, they called for assistance from the marines of USS Boston. The marines alongside the American planters stormed onto the islands and took out Queen Liliuokalani, forcing her to abdicate while they create a provisional government to have the United States annex Hawaii.

(“Hawaiian Annexation”)

(USS Boston)

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During the American planters’ revolt, they took down the flag of the Hawaii and replaced it with the American flag. This would be with the planters hoping that the United States would annex the two together.

(“Hawaiian Annexation”)

The Hawaii State Flag was created by the King Kamehameha I and composes of 8 stripes of white, red, and blue to symbolize the 8 islands and the top left corner with the British flag to symbolize their friendship with Britain

(“Hawaii State”)

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Hawaii

(“Hawaiian Annexation”)

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Sugar Plantations

Strategic Location in the Spanish-American War

(“Hawaiian Annexation”)

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Cleveland: Didn’t want Annexation of Hawaii and tried to restore Queen Liliuokalani to power/control of Hawaii

McKinley: Saw the strategic location of Hawaii in the was for naval bases and a stop for ships at the conflict with the Philippines

(“Hawaiian Annexation”)

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("Annexing Hawaii" 03:16:18)

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Sanford Dole was born in Hawaii by American parents in 1844 and died in 1926. During his lifetime, he played a crucial role in the Annexation of Hawaii by being one of the people that planned the revolt of the Hawaii government. He created a provisional government to annex the United States and Hawaii but when President Cleveland requested Liliuokalani back on the throne of Hawaii, Dole refused and would later become the governor of the Hawaii under President McKinley when was broke out and Hawaii was a useful asset to the United States.

(Sanford Ballard)

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“Hawaiian Annexation.” U.S. History, www.ushistory.org/us/44b.asp. Accessed 13 Mar. 2018.

Hawaii State Flag. 50Sates, Digital Properties, www.50states.com/flag/hiflag.htm. Accessed 14 Mar. 2018.

Sanford Ballard Dole. HawaiiHistory, Info Grafik, www.hawaiihistory.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=ig.page&PageID=407. Accessed 15 Mar. 2018.

USS Boston (CAG-1) in the Med c1962. Commons, commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Boston_(CAG-1)_in_the_Med_c1962.jpg. Accessed 16 Mar. 2018.

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The American planters in Hawaii wanted to overthrow Queen Liliuokalani because she wanted to remove the American planters from Hawaii

Without any consent from the American government, they ordered the navy to land to reinforce them in taking Queen Liliuokalani out

They set up a provisional government and waited for the govenment’s response

Cleveland was president at the time and he disapproved of the planters doing and tried to get Liliuokalani back in power of Hawaii

This was prolonged until McKinley became president which he saw Hawaii was a strategic naval base for the war

McKinley signed the Annexation of the Hawaiian islands to beco,e part of the United States

(“Hawaiian Annexation”)

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United States didn’t want the Europeans to claim Hawaii

Many white American planters in Hawaii for sugar crops

The McKinley Tariff increased importation rates of foreign sugars which soured relations between the United States and Hawaii

Leadership was just past to Queen Liliuokalani which tried to get Hawaiian planters back in power

(“Hawaii Annexation”)