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1897 Petition Against the Annexation of Hawaii
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Subject: Social Sciences
Collection: free.ed.gov
Grade Level:
Secondary
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 ... More »
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