How did the united states gain the territory hawaii? how did it become a state?
After a series of battles that ended in 1795 and peaceful cession of the island of Kaua‘i in 1810, the Hawaiian Islands were united for the first time under a single ruler who would become known as King Kamehameha the Great. He established the House of Kamehameha, a dynasty that ruled over the kingdom until 1872. That year, bachelor King Kamehameha V died without naming a formal heir. After the election and death of King Lunalilo, governance was passed on to the House of Kalākaua. However, American interests effectively rendered the monarchy powerless by enacting the Bayonet Constitution. Among other things, it stripped the king of his administrative authorities and deprived native Hawaiians of the right to vote in elections. The dynasty of King Kalākaua reigned until the kingdom was overthrown in 1893, a coup d'état orchestrated by American plantation owners with the help of an armed militia and the United States Marine Corps. Governance was again passed, this time into the hands of a provisional government and then to an independent Republic of Hawaii. The Newlands Resolution was passed on July 7, 1898, formally annexing Hawai‘i as a United States territory. In 1900, it was granted self-governance. Though several attempts were made to achieve statehood, Hawai‘i remained a territory for sixty years. Plantation owners, like those that comprised the so-called Big Five, found territorial status convenient, enabling them to continue importing cheap foreign labor; such immigration was prohibited in various other states of the Union. The power of the plantation owners was finally broken by activist descendants of original immigrant laborers. Because they were born in a United States territory, they were legal American citizens. Expecting to gain full voting rights, they actively campaigned for statehood for the Hawaiian Islands. On March 18, 1959, President Dwight Eisenhower signed the Admission Act which made Hawai‘i the 50th state of the Union, a law that became effective on August 21, 1959.
Why did the United States decide to keep control of the Phillippines?
says who?
What was the strategic significance of the united States taking hawai and the Philippines?
The strategic interest of the U.S. taking Hawaii and the Philippines was naval bases. Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, and the Subic Bay base in the Philippines. It was, and is, about a lot more than just sugar plantations. In addition, the U.S. took Cuba and gained the Guantanamo naval base...
Why did America invade the Philippines in 1898? Why did Japan invade the Philippines in 1942?
The American invasion of the Philippines was opportunistic. The United States was at war with Spain, and the Philippines hosted the Spanish Navy, so it attacked to neutralize this force. The American attack was far more successful than anticipated, and the Spanish surrendered. After the war the Americans simply decided to keep the Philippines in their control, and there were several reasons for this: 1) It offered a base of operations for American interests in the Pacific and East Asia (commercial, industrial, and military), while denying such a base to a rival power; 2) it enhanced American prestige by giving the United States a sizable colony, and increased influence; 3) the Filipinos were generally not regarded as fit to govern themselves (the Filipinos, naturally, disagreed), and many in the U.S. and without encouraged it undertake a civilizing mission. The phrase “white man’s burden” actually originates in a poem by Rudyard Kipling exhorting the Americans to do just that.The Japanese invaded the Philippines because there was a powerful American military presence there, and because the Philippines was in between Japan and the Dutch East Indies, which were their strategic objective in 1942. The American naval and air stations were a threat to Japanese bases and supply lines, and needed to be neutralized. Once the war was over, it’s likely that they Japanese would have continued to administer the Philippines until it could establish a suitable puppet government.
Was the U.S. justified in annexing Hawaii?
No! We totally stole it! The Hawaiians at the time did not support the US takeover. But a large majority of Hawaiians today do support US statehood, so I guess it all worked out. Plus, if the US had not annexed Hawaii, the British, Russians, Japanese, or someone else certainly would have. Imperialism was all the rage in the 1890s, and Hawaii was in a very strategic location.
Why did America grant independence to the Philippines, Palau, FS Micronesia and Marshall Islands?
The Spanish-American War was not especially fought over the Philippines, but over Cuba. The US Pacific squadron destroyed the Spanish naval forces, but ended up inheriting a problem with what to do with the Philippines. They did not want the other Colonial powers to take it. They did not want to give it back to the Spanish, and feared the Japanese would take it over. The US occupied the Philippines with the goal of ultimately giving it its freedom, but first the Philippines (to US leaders) needed to become ready for independence. From 1898 to 1941, the US maintained the Philippines as a Commonwealth (not a colony), putting in schools, infrastructure, and building it up so that in 1946 it could become independent. The Japanese invasion of 1941 and the subsequent trial by war held things up a bit, but on July 4, 1946, the US granted the Philippines independence.
Why do you think the annexation of hawaii was justified?
You can justify anything that took place in history. However, here are the facts - Hawaii's strategic location in the middle of the Pacific made it a prime target for any imperialistic country wanting to become a major maritime power. That is probably why Hawaii was one of the last of the Polynesian islands to be annexed, because whichever country took it over would become THE power in the Pacific region. Therefore, the main naval powers (American, British, French, Spanish, and German) all had an interest in keeping Hawaii independent for most of the 19th century, while the rest of the Pacific was carved up. The British took New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, the Cook Islands, etc. The French took Tahiti, the Marquesas, New Caledonia. The Germans took Western Samoa. The Spanish took the Philippines and Guam. The US kept its sights on Hawaii and waited until the time was right.