Out of the 50 states
Hawaii is the one state that has largely doubt mentioned in much capacity in regards to Zach position and later statehood and
outside the bombing of Pearl Harbor
1941
Isn't really mentioned much at all in detail
But how exactly did America get its 50th state in this video. We'll be answering just that question
The settlement of Hawaii is debate to some degree with ranges of settlement from 50 AC e
All the way up to 950 AC II by the Year 1000 coastal farms were in existence
but it wasn't cerned to what degree the aisles themselves were settled for some time by the
1500s the interior of the Hawaiian Iowa started to be settled and
Eventually, each of the main islands were owned by native Cain Captain James Cook was the first to discover the islands in the late
1770s
which on the fourth voyage of his is where he was killed following dispute over a long boat the Kingdom of Hawaii was
established in 1795 with kama
Mayhaw the first acting as king he waged a 15 year war to unify the entire archipelago
And Catholic missionaries started to flood into the island shortly after causing a large section of the native population
To die off due to disease with a stay decline of population for over a hundred years as traded with other countries
Primarily explain sugar fueled the economy the political unity of the island was rather strong
But during the tenure of Queen Kamiya
Catholic citizens were only given partial rights with sections of the elite being Protestant
This led to French intervention in 1839 and 18-49 and bridge
occupation for a few months in 1843
following the British occupation
Hawaii was recognized as independent by the u.s
France and Britain being the only non European nation for the European powers to recognise at that time
American influence in the Hawaiian government
Began with u.s
Plantation owners demanding a say in Kingdom politics and led to the land being divided up
Largely by the save local missionaries leaving only 2% of the land to the common people
With the rest being split between the nobility and the sugar plantations
U.s. Control of Hawaii was considered vital for the defense of its West Coast
especially Pearl Harbor and it entered into a variety of
Negotiations to attempt to gain the islands directly under their influence or control
At the same time the political unity on the island was being heavily hit as twice in
1872 and two years later
The Keene of the islands died without naming an heir and so an election was called for
With a small rebellion in response to the previous Queen now winning a rebellion
that was put down by American British troops thought surely by the road passivity treaties of
1875 while allowing Hawaiian sugar to have free access to the American market
Something that caused a sugar industry on the islands to boom tenfold
Lean to even more plantation control over the political landscape in
January of
1887 the u.s
began to lease Pearl Harbor follow Charlie by rebellion against the cannon July which forced through a new constitution a
Constitution that heavily weakened the Kings powers empowering the legislature and cabinet of the government giving the public the power to vote in
legislators
kind of
this new constitution did allow for
Jean, residents to vote but blocked Asians as a whole from voting who made a puffier chunk of the islands population
It also reinstate the literacy and personal wealth requirements for voting and increase them nearly ten times over
Mean that essentially only white males wealthy from the sugar industry retained suffrage
While it allowed the markets it still technically exists its power was severely limited
Queen little Lulu Connie
Acceded to the throne in January of 1891 who merely received petitions from the Native Hawaiian population
for a new constitution
Over the next two years she attempted to draft and gather support for a new constitution
Bo's cause Lea blocked by the
Legislature in a section of European and American settlers established the quote-unquote committee of safety
Whoo, Southie Island annexation into the United States
drank from the same party at first through the
1887
Constitution in late January of 93 the committee called upon 1500 men and
overthrew the Queen with assistance from US Marines
The Queen was banished in a prison and her palace again
The Marines acted as guards and the Republic of Hawaii was proclaimed shortly after with the goal of annexation
within the United States
By this time Grover Cleveland had become president and Cleveland was
Anti-imperialist and thought Americans had acted shamefully in Hawaii
He withdrew the annexation treaty from the Senate and ordered an investigation into potential wrongdoing
But of course the investigation led to nothing
Cleveland had aims to restore the Queen to her throne a
counter-revolution in the 3-day Wilcox rebellion was an attempt to overthrow the present on the island and
Re-establish the monarchies role the rebellion failed after three main battles and the Queen officially abdicated
The matter was prolonged until after Cleveland left office
when war broke out was Spain in 1898 the military significance of Hawaii naval bases as of
Waystation I weighed all other considerations
President William McKinley
signed a joint resolution
Annexing the islands much like the manner in which Texas during the Union in 1845. I