What events led to the annexation of Hawaii?
What events led to the annexation of Hawaii? Was it the policy of the U.S. government to promote Hawaiian independence? Or was the territory annexed primarily to deny the indigenous peoples of Hawaii their rightful place in the land? The story of the Hawaii Annexation is a story of conflicting goals as the white businessmen struggled to obtain favorable trade conditions and native Hawaiians sought to protect their cultural heritage and maintain a national identity. Ultimately, the interests of the businessmen won out, and over the coming decades, most historians who wrote the history of Hawaii emphasized events as told by the Provisional Government and largely neglected the struggle of the native Hawaiians. Today, there is…