Question

In what way did economic factors influence political developments in the annexation of Hawaii?

Answer 1

Native Hawaiians, who depended on American sugar planters for jobs, pressured American leaders to annex the islands.

American sugar planters in Hawaii, who favored annexation to protect their profits, supported a revolution that ousted Queen Liliuokalani.

Faced with a surplus of sugar, American planters in Hawaii pushed for annexation so that the sugar trade could be opened to markets in the United States.

American leaders who favored annexation passed laws prohibiting tariffs on sugar, making sugar all the more profitable for American planters in Hawaii.