Hawaii Vs America

American Hawaii Hawaii is known for its beautiful beaches, it’s nice year-round weather, and its culture. Thousands of vacationers come to Hawaii each year to get away from the stressful city and relax. But do they know how cruel the Americans were to the natives? Do they know how we corrupted their culture and their religion? Do they know how Hawaii really became a state? Probably not. When most people think of Hawaii, they think of happy Hawaiian babes hula dancing and palm trees swaying in the warm breeze. Hawaii has still held on to many of their traditions although they were invaded by Americans. But you have to go to a museum to see their old way of life. Hawaii is now populated mostly by Americans.

The Spanish-American war gave the push that the American government needed to make a final decision over Hawaii. The Hawaiin Islands were known as the

main island, but the most populated city is Honolulu. All of the islands have a vast

On March 30, 1867 Seward's Folly purchased the state of Alaska for 7.2 million dollars. The Treaty with Russia was negotiated and signed by Secretary of State William Seward and Russian Minister to the United States Edouard de Stoeckl. Many people though that this was a stupid purchase that would just put america into more debt. It took much time for Alaska to be purchased.Russia was the first to offer to sell Alaska to the United States in 1859, believing the United States would offset the designs of Russia’s greatest rival in the Pacific, Great Britain. Even though many saw this purchase as a REALLY stupid mistake, but the truth of the matter is Seward was wiser than everybody realized. That 7 million dollars that he paid for alaska

After discovering America by Christopher Columbus, European started to fight over land. France and England were fighting over land in North America, and the reason for establishing the New France, at first was for fur trade.

One way the U.S. would try to acquire countries was through war. In 1819, the United States acquired Florida from Spain with the Adams-Onis Treaty. This acquisition took a while to happen. There were a lot of battles between the United States and the Seminoles. This acquisition started when President Andrew Jackson invaded the Seminoles in

Colony imperialism is when a territory or other area of lady is governed directly by a foreign country. A prime example of colony imperialism is the Purchase of Alaska. The United States Secretary of States, William Seward wanted Alaska since 1860 because of its potential trade value and resources such as timber, gold, and trout. The purchase of Alaska began in June 30th 1861 when gold was discovered in Alaska for the first time, sparking the United States and other colonizing powers interest in the territory. Russia feared that they would lose Alaska so they began to discuss selling it to the United State in 1866. . There was disapproval on both sides of the trade. Russian were upset at the amount of money put into settling Alaskan territories that would be lost after the sale of Alaska. Americans didn't see the purpose of the sale and one American journalist went as far as writing, “Why does America need this ‘icebox’ and 50,000 wild Eskimos who drink fish oil for breakfast?”(Presentation). It took a full year for the House of

Pearl Harbor protected the ships from the storms especially, typhoons and it is one of the the largest U.S. military control in the Pacific Ocean. Now the U.S. navy controls the Pearl Harbor, populated area also known as the Hawaiian Archipelago. In 1887, the Honolulu Rifles, made up of mostly Americans, pressures the Hawaiian monarchy to sign the a new constitution, called the “Bayonet Constitution” which significantly weakened the power of the monarch and economic power was given to the planters. Planters wanted to decrease the power of the king for their own

Because this purchase just about doubled the United States. This is just what the United States needed to go further into becoming a more developed country of its own. Having this purchase happen made the expedition of Lewis and Clark to explore the western part of the country. Also we helped stop a war that was gonna occur between the French and Great Britain. Despite the war the French needed the money to support their troops and country and we needed the land.

On the 21st of August 1959, a small colony of inhabited Polynesian volcanic rock located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean became the 50th state named “Hawai’i”. Before Hawai’i became the 50th State, foreigners from the United States attempted to annex Hawai’i from its people and the Hawaiian Monarch for political and military gains. It all started as far back as 1893 when Hawai’i was ruled by Hawaiian Kings and Queens. All three attempts at annexation the United States Diplomats and foreigners failed until 1959 when Hawai’i declared Statehood. The United States Government and its political leaders celebrated along with a small portion of native islanders but sadden and dismayed the majority of native people felt it’s island being stolen

The United States wanted to look beyond its borders and take over land. Most land was already

Russia sold Alaska to America after being at a loss for money. The coming paragraphs tell of what Russia did with the territory, when America bought Alaska, and what the United States eventually did with Alaska once they owned it. The purchase of Alaska was a huge turn around for America, ending the Russian presence in Northern America, keeping Britain from purchasing more land, starting the Klondike Gold Rush, and more. Before being known as the state of Alaska, the large state was formerly known as 'Russian America'. Alaska was found out and soon claimed by a collection of industries, fur trappers, and merchants all coming from Siberia.

The United States purchased Alaska from the Russian Empire on March 30, 1867 for 7.2 million U.S. dollars. Alaska became a U.S. territory on May 11, 1912 and gained statehood on January 3, 1959. After the United States’ purchase of Alaska from Russia, controversy stirred as to the official boundary between Canada and the United States. The boundary separating the two countries was only vaguely defined at the time. The territory dispute dates back to 1821 between Russian and the British Empire, before the U.S. purchase of the territory. In 1825, Russia and the British Empire signed a treaty to define the international border. Land claims eventually overlapped after the U.S. purchase of Alaska from Russia with several British Empire claims located

On March 30th 1867 the United States purchased Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million dollars. This was a bargain considering its potential and unknown natural resources. Due to tension

In 1725, Russia sent explorers out to claim Alaska. When Vitus Bering and George Steller discovered Alaska, they claimed some of the islands like Kayak Island. Russia wanted to expand and grow, so the large piece of land called Alaska was prime land for the country. Russia knew there was a lot of benefits to this land like the amount of resources and lack of population. Russian tsars started a trading company.