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The US did NOT buy Hawaii, instead, they stole it from the Hawaiian Kingdom by means of an armed military overthrow. The Queen of Hawaii was imprisoned because she refused to cooperate with the United States government.

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We didn't really buy Hawaii. Hawaii became a state in 1959 the same year as Alaska.

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It became the Territory of Hawaii in 1898.

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It was never purchased. It was annexed by Act of Congress.

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In 1898 Hawaii was annexed by the US. In 1959 it became a US State.

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During the late nineteenth century the US wanted to acquire the hawaiian islands because the islands?

were valued as a stopover for the growing trade with China.


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