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Protestant English Missionaries landed in Hawaii
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The British started a plan to build a canal, however planing is all they did.
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The French began excavating for the Panama Canal but gave up due to sickness and other things.
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Queen Liliuokalani is overthrown by her own people and sugar cane farmers.
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Hawaii gained independence from its queen and became its own republic for a short time.
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The U.S wants to stay neutral in order to peacefully make money from the war.
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Annexation treaty introduced to Congress to annex Hawaii
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Liliuokalani sends protest to annexation treaty, many of her people stood with her in the protest but it din't do much.
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McKinley wanted to annex Hawaii so that other countries couldn't use it.
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A ship docked in a Spanish port sank under unknowns circumstances and the Americans blamed the Spanish.
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After the USS Maine sunk, the United states declared war.
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The United States defeats the first Spanish fleet at Manila Bay in the Philippines.
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The U.S wins the first battle in the Spanish American war.
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Hawaii was annexed into the United States.
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After a short time spent fighting the Spanish surrender and give up.
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The Protocol of Peace called an end to the Spanish American war.
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United States had Spain relinquished nearly all of the remaining Spanish Empire
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The United States gained Puerto Rico, Guam, Cuba, and the Philippines
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United States relinquished its occupation authority over Cuba, but claimed a continuing right to intervene in Cuba
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United States officials decided to build the canal in Panama after they helped them reach independence.
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Established the Panama Canal Zone and the subsequent construction of the Panama Canal.
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Panama gained it's independence with the help of the U.S.
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The panama canal was finally finished in 1914, taking 14 years to complete.
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The USS Ancon was the first ship to pass through the newly constructed Panama canal.
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Hawaii is finally annexed as a state after being a republic for a few years.