(A) The Hawaiian Brothers
(B) Anita Chiquita
(C) Lamar Tropicana
(D) ** Sanford Dole
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -On June 16, 1897, McKinley and three representatives of the government of the Republic of Hawaii – Lorrin Thurston, Francis Hatch, and William Kinney – signed a treaty of annexation. President McKinley then submitted the treaty to the U.S. Senate for ratification.
Concept note-2: -Republic of Hawaii With the help of the Marines, 1, 000 people backed by wealthy Hawaiians locked the Queen in the royal palace and established Sanford B. Dole as the new president of the Hawaiian Republic.
Concept note-3: -In January 1893 Dole agreed to serve as the leader of the committee, acting for Hawaiian sugar interests and their American allies, that was formed to overthrow Queen Liliuokalani (who had succeeded her brother, Kalakaua, in 1891) and to seek annexation of Hawaii by the United States.
Concept note-4: -Dole desired the annexation of Hawaii by the United States so that Hawaiian sugar planters could favorably compete in United States markets.
Concept note-5: -Spurred by the nationalism aroused by the Spanish-American War, the United States annexed Hawaii in 1898 at the urging of President William McKinley.