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IMPERIALISM IN HAWAII

Why Conquered

HAWAII

Basic

Info

Hawaii was imperialized by the United States.

Basic Information

  • The population of Hawaii is a little over 1.4 million
  • The capital of Hawaii is Honolulu
  • The size of all the islands add up to 10,970 square miles

Basic Information

  • Some of the industries in Hawaii include tourism, pineapple production, flowers, coffee, macadamia nuts, manufacturing, and service (hotels, healthcare, and real estate).
  • Natural resources in Hawaii include climate, soil, vegetation, groundwater supply, and their surrounding ocean.

How

Colonization of Hawaii

  • Hawaii was colonized by James Cook (America)
  • America controlled the sugar based economy
  • Colonized in 1898

Why America Conquer Hawaii

  • To help gain more raw resources
  • Benefits of sugar trade

Metaphor

Hawaii is like couple friends trading each others lunch

Metaphor

How

After America colonized Hawaii and gained resources and started a sugar trade all around

Impacts of imperialism

Impacts

There was a great decline in Hawaii's population due to diseases from the westerns.

The United States controlling Hawaii caused the literacy rate to significantly drop.

Hawaii's colonization caused an increase in enslavement and racism.

The United States is like a selfish kid wanting all the presents on Christmas.

Metaphor

-The United States wanted to colonize Hawaii to use its fertile soil for its crops

-Hawaii was also used to maintain the trade between the US and other countries

-The US wanted to control all of the natural resources in Hawaii

In 1894 Samuel Dole sent a delegation to Washington seeking annexation

In 1959 Hawaii became the 50th state

Independence

In 1849 the US and Hawaii concluded a treaty of friendship

-Hawaii secured its identity as fully american due to its importance in world war 2

- 93% of Hawaiians voted for Hawaii to gain independence and become its own state

Work Cited

Work Cited

“Changing Portrayals of Captain James Cook in Hawaiian Education.” Digital Commons Cal Poly, Christopher Aaron Straub, Last modified November, 2009, https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1215&context=theses, Accessed January 28, 2020

“Hawaii.” Britannica Kids, Encyclopedia Britannica, inc., Last modified 2020, https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Hawaii/274793/201894-toc, Accessed January 28, 2020

“Hawaiian Statehood.” Teaching History, John Buescher, Last modified 2018, http://nhec.gmu.edu/history-content/ask-a-historian/25769, Accessed January 28, 2020

“The Annexation of Hawaii.” Digital History, Last modified 2016, www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtid=2&psid=3159. Accessed January 28, 2020

“Top 5 Industries in Hawaii: Which Parts of the Economy are the Strongest?” Newsmax, Newsmax Media, inc., Last modified 2020, https://www.newsmax.com/FastFeatures/industries-hawaii-strongest-economy/2015/03/05/id/628087/, Accessed January 28, 2020

“2019 State Population Estimates.” Hawaii.gov, State of Hawaii, Last modified 2020, https://census.hawaii.gov/whats-new-releases/2019-state-population-estimates/, Accessed January 28, 2020

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