AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
AMERICAN IMPERIALISM
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U.S. intervention led to the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy.
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U.S. intervention led to a war with Samoa over territorial control.
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U.S. intervention led to increased control of the Hawaiian government by native Hawaiians.
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U.S. intervention led to a trade dispute with Germany.
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Detailed explanation-1: -How did the action of the U.S. government in the late 1800s impact Hawaii? U.S. intervention led to the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy.
Detailed explanation-2: -On January 16, 1893, United States troops invaded the Hawaiian Kingdom without just cause, which led to a conditional surrender by the Hawaiian Kingdom’s executive monarch, Her Majesty Queen Lili’uokalani, the following day.
Detailed explanation-3: -But so did U.S. interference in Hawaiian affairs. In 1887, a group of influential white sugar planters led by attorneys Lorrin Thurston and Sanford B. Dole took advantage of a spending scandal involving Kalākaua to demand-at gunpoint-that he sign a new constitution stripping the Hawaiian monarchy of most of its power.
Detailed explanation-4: -Queen Liliuokalani was arrested for her alleged role in the coup and convicted of treason; while under house arrest, the queen agreed to formally abdicate and dissolve the monarchy. In 1898, the United States annexed Hawaii. Hawaii was administered as a U.S. territory until 1959, when it became the 50th state.