Judge THOMAS M. COOLEY, the highest authority on constitutional law in the United States, under the title "Grave Obstacles to Hawaiian Annexation," discusses in the June number of the Forum the ...

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The annexation of Hawaii as a U.S. territory was finalized by August 12, 1898, and marked the end of the island nation's independence. Hawaii would not become an official U.S. state until 1959.

The Interior Department announced Friday it had finalized a rule to allow for the reestablishment of a formal government-to-government relationship with the Native Hawaiian community.

This article was originally published with the title “The Hawaiian Islands and their Annexation” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 68 No. 6 (February 1893), p. 82 doi:10.1038 ...

The University of Wisconsin system, now a network of progressive education and civic engagement, once echoed the same settler ...

How American landowners overthrew the Hawaiian monarchy and forced US annexation ...

How American landowners overthrew the Hawaiian monarchy and forced US annexation The true story of Hawaii’s history and their last queen.

The Hawaiian Islands gained strategic importance, and the pro-annexation forces saw a chance to use wartime urgency in their favor.

A militia affiliated with the Hawaiian League — a non-native political party mostly made up of U.S. businessmen — threatened the king and forced him to sign the constitution.