The Annexation of Hawaii

LEARNING TARGET: I will be able to explain how the need for a U.S. Naval Base and the demand for sugar led to the annexation of Hawaii by the United States.

Illinois Social Science Standards

SS.H.4.6-8.LC: Explain multiple causes and effects of historical events.

SS.H.4.6-8.MdC: Compare the central historical arguments in secondary works across multiple media.

SS.H.4.6-8.MC: Organize applicable evidence into a coherent argument about the past.

Key Terms

Annexation - the act of adding territory and land to a country.
Territory - an area of land under the jurisdiction or control of a ruler or state.
Monarchy - a form of government with a king or queen at the head, typically the next leader is a family member.
Suffrage - the right to vote.
Export - a good that is traded and sent to another country.
Import - goods that are traded and brought into a country.

Bell Ringer Discussion

Study the Map of "U.S. Territory and Leases, 1857-1903" and develop a theory that explains why the United States would be interested in controlling the Hawaiian Islands?

Lesson Notes

The Annexation of Hawaii

Hawaii was an important shipping, refueling, and sugar-producing island.
The U.S. was interested in Hawaii as a military base.
Queen Liliuokalani was overthrown and in 1898 the U.S. annexed Hawaii.

Harper's Weekly, Annexation (1898)

UNDERSTANDING POLITICAL CARTOONS

Imperialism led to many powerful industrial nations using their influence to control the trade of goods around the world. As populations grew, so did the demand for ingrediants needed for preparing food to feed people.

Study the image, does the artist who created this cartoon support imperialism or not?

Annexation of Hawaii

UNDERSTANDING DATA

Graphs allow us to draw conclusions based on data, and often allow us to see a relationship between events in history. Develop a conclusion from the following statement using data in the graph:

Using your prior knowledge, how does this graph support why the United States was interested in annexing Hawaii?

CHECK THE SOURCES

Queen Liliuokalani, Letter to Sanford B. Dole and the U.S. Government (1893)

I, Liliuokalani, by the grace of God and under the constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Queen, do hereby solemnly protest against any and all acts done against myself and the constitutional Government of the Hawaiian Kingdom by certain persons claiming to have established a Provisional Government of and for this Kingdom. That I yield to the superior force of the United States of America, whose minister plenipotentiary, His Excellency John L. Stevens, has caused United States troops to be landed at Honolulu and declared that he would support the said Provisional Government.

Now, to avoid any collision of armed forces, and perhaps the loss of life, I do, under this protest and impelled by said forces, yield my authority until such time as the Government of the United States shall, upon the facts being presented to it, undo (?) the action of its representative and reinstate me in the authority which I claim as the constitutional sovereign of the Hawaiian Islands.

Done at Honolulu, this 17th day of January, A. D. 1893.

Liliuokalani R.

Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii

The Raising of the American Flag at "Lolani Palace" in Hawaii (August 12, 1898)

Uncle Sam Catches The Ripe Fruit (1898)

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