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1897 Petition Against the Annexation of Hawaii
(Complete Item Description)
- Abstract:
This site recounts the struggle for control of Hawaii between native Hawaiians and American business interests in the late 1800s. This 1897 petition and a lobbying effort by native Hawaiians convinced the U.S. Congress not to annex the islands. But months later the U.S.S. Maine exploded in Havana and the Spanish-American War began. The U.S. needed a mid-Pacific fueling station and naval base.
Primary source images, standards correlation, and teaching activities are included in this resource.
- Subject:
- Social Sciences
- Grade Level:
- Secondary, Post-secondary
- Collection:
- National Archives and Records Administration
