MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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To His Excellency William McKinley, President, and the Senate, of the United States of America . . .We, the undersigned, native Hawaiian citizens . . . who are members of the Hawaiian Patriotic League of the Hawaiian Islands, and others who are in sympathy with the said League, earnestly protest against the . . . [addition] of the said Hawaiian Islands to the said United States of America in any form or shape.-Petition, 1897 What were these Hawaiian citizens protesting?
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The forced annexation of the islands as aU.S. territory after the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy
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The classification of the islands as aprotectorate after the Hawaiian government signed a treaty with the United States
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The granting of U.S. statehood to theislands after they were purchased from the Hawaiian monarch
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The colonization of the islands bypolitical refugees from the United States
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Therefore I, Liliuokalani of Hawaii, do hereby call upon the President of that nation, to whom alone I yielded my property and my authority, to withdraw said treaty (ceding said Islands) from further consideration.
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