Why did the United States want Hawaii?

strike_eagle29

STRATEGIC LOCATION. DEAD SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACIFIC. WITH IN NAVAL REACH OF ANY POINT IN THE PACIFIC. PERFECT NATURAL HARBOR. AND THE PLACE IS A VACATION PARADISE.

Heads up!

.Good strategic location for the military

Tom B

The Bigfoot Klan sold IT for tons of magic mushrooms.to the feds.and moved to north America where we have a massive underground technologically advanced society.they wanted it so the politicians could have nice vacations on American soil.we do miss the surfing,the malibo boys dont want us their. were to good and show them up with our style of surfing

U-98

A mid-Ocean port for the Navy was the big reason.

The Islands had been a major resupply point for whaling fleets for years. It fits so well with most of the sailing routes.

Master Tong

Strategic military location, great weather, beautiful hawaiian women, and lots of coconut trees.

Bunz

Probably cause it gives us a strategic location close to Asia. I could be wrong though.

nd721

Because it is a strategic military vantage point for stationing boats and troops.

cc_peacheyone

Location

madderthanthehatter

Geography. Getting warships to the Far East from California to China and the Far East was too far to respond to any threat to American trading vessels and other interests in the Far East.

Britian had Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore and all the other European States had naval bases near China, India and South East Asian. The United States needed a closer base to Asia in the Pacific, so they took Hawaii, which even though it is only half way across the Pacific, it was the closest territory they could get.

irad22

probally for all the fine hawaian females

Ryan

The Hawaiian islands were a pacific prize when the U.S. looked to expand across the seas. American planters and missionaries had thrived there after 1875 when the senate allowed Hawaiian sugar to enter the U.S duty free. In 1881 the secretary of state declared the islands "essentially a part of the American system". Im 1887, under strong pressure, king Kalakaua granted the U.S the rights to build a naval base at pearl harbor to protect American interests in the pacific. In 1893 American sugar planters in Hawaii staged a rebellion, determined to wrest control from Kalakaua's sister, the queen, who had resisted American control. The U.S Marines used a palace coup to remove the queen from power, But it would be another 5 years before the official annexation of Hawaii.

bullwinkle

Hegemony.

Privratnik

Dude, who wouldn't?!?!?

DukeofDixie

I don't know, i can't for the life of me figure out why we would want California, except for the gold rush in the old days, i would rather give it back to Mexico and let them deal with all the crazy ,tree hugging, frog kissing, liberals out there

scotty w

have you seen Hawaii?

rukidding

Although it eventually became a strategic location, at the time the US acquired Hawaii it was for the sugar cane. Sugar was very expensive at the time because it had to be imported. If the US had territories to grow it, like Puerto Rico and Hawaii, it wouldn't have to import sugar and it would, therefore, drop the price.

thelement_99

for the Hawaiian weed (that sticky icky icky oohhh weeee blaze it up)

kittenbrower

The pineapple crop. Dole was powerful enough to convince congress that we should annex it. Over ruling the president who was having a fling with the Queen of Hawaii at the time.
And we wonder why we haven't had a single president since then.

You're right sugar too. Forgot about that one. Poor Liliuokalani, I guess she really was the first Monica.

mstrywmn

Because it's paradise on earth!

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