By the 1900’s, a conflict surrounding the future growth of the United States resulted in the country becoming an imperialist power, perhaps going against the same values on which the country was established, with the true damage being done to Native Hawaiians, who had their country overtaken and annexed without their consent and without compromise, still having to fight against and deal with the repercussions of America’s imperialist actions today. The United States’ past of expanding westward at the expense of Native Americans because of ideas like Manifest Destiny, which implied that white Americans are more deserving of land belonging to natives because of their race, religion, and culture, shows that the events that occurred in Hawaii years later were …show more content…
Though the conflict over international policies remained centered in US government, their decision was once again at the expense of Native Hawaiians with whom, though they made clear efforts of protest and objection, the US government never attempted to compromise with. For the time being, Hawaii’s annexation as an effect of imperial policy benefitted sugar and pineapple plantation owners, who now did not have to pay tariffs, gave the US a strategic base in the Pacific, and ended the rule of the Hawaiian Monarchy. For the United States, taking on imperialist policy and electing a pro-imperialist president in the late 1800s opened the country to more diplomatic and political relationships with other countries and more foreign involvement, setting the United States up to become the dominant world power that it is today. Native Hawaiians, still have to face the repercussions of US’ actions and other foreign