America's goal in the 1840s was to keep European powers out of Hawaii
Turning point in US-Hawaii relations because the McKinely Tariff is approved which raised import rates on foreign sugar. Hawaiian sugar planters were being undersold in the American market and this cause depression throughout the islands.
The Hawaiian throne was passed to Queen Liluokalani who deterimed that Hawaii's problems were caused by foreign interference
The sugar planters in Hawaii started an uprising against the queen and reached out to the US for protection
Without Presidential approval, the islands were stormed by the Marines and the American flag was raised in Honolulu
Presidnt Clevland and many Americans felt America acted shamefully in Hawaii and he withdrew the annexation treaty and aimed to give the throne back to Liluokalani
War broke out with Spain and the naval bases in Hawaii as a way station to the Spanish Phillippines were essential to the US
President McKiley signed a joint treaty annexing the Hawaiian islands as an American territory
Hawaii becomes the 50th state of the United States of America
