July 7 in American History
Congress voted to annex the Hawaiian Islands, five years after American business interests had helped overthrow the Hawaiian kingdom and its queen. It was a controversial act of expansion — one many Native Hawaiians never accepted — that gave the U.S. a vital Pacific foothold and, decades later, its 50th state.
In 1898: the United States annexes Hawaii. Congress voted to annex the Hawaiian Islands, five years after American business interests had helped overthrow the Hawaiian kingdom and its queen.
Congress voted to annex the Hawaiian Islands, five years after American business interests had helped overthrow the Hawaiian kingdom and its queen. It was a controversial act of expansion — one many Native Hawaiians never accepted — that gave the U.S. a vital Pacific foothold and, decades later, its 50th state.
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