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U.S. History Topics » States & Regions » Others 1897 Petition Against the Annexation of Hawaii 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 the Spanish-American War began. The U.S. needed a mid-Pacific fueling station and naval base. (National Archives and Records Administration)     Interesting Fact: In 1893 the last monarch of Hawaii, Queen Lili'uokalani, was overthrown by a party of businessmen, who then imposed a provisional government. Soon after, President Benjamin Harrison submitted a treaty to annex the Hawaiian islands to the U.S. Senate for ratification. The 1897 petition  This website also appears in: U.S. History Topics »  Ethnic Groups »  Asian Americans U.S. History Topics »  Wars »  Other Wars U.S. Time Periods »  1865-1920: Modern America »

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