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United States must isolate Hawaii and keep European powers from trying to take it under their dominion.
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President Franklin Pierce tries to annex Hawaii. The treaty was not even sent to the Senate due to the overwhelming issue that was slavery.
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Future President McKinley passes a tariff that drastically raised the import tax on sugar. This undercut the Hawaiian export, and sent Hawaii into an economic depression.
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Liliuokalani becomes queen and regent of the Hawaiian Islands. She believes that foreign interference is a major problem with Hawaii and intends to stop it. She abolishes constitution that gave political power to the white platners.
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US Marine forces, under order of John Stevens, US Minister to Hawaii, and not under the orders of the president, come ashore and depose the queen.
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Samuel Dole and John Stevens work together to set up a new government and appeal to President Harrison to get it passed. It does not get the required Senate approval before Grover Cleveland is elected
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President Grover Cleveland was anti-imperialist and prevented the annexation from going through. In 1897, President McKinley was elected, and after the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, Congress passed the bill annexing Hawaii.
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Hawaii becomes a territory in 1900 with Samuel Dole as its first governor (surprise, surprise).
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Racial attitudes and party politics are surpassed by a bipartisan compromise and Hawaii becomes the 50th state.
