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In the case of Hawai'i, it was american plantation workers who were upset about having to pay fees and taxes to ship and sell their goods to america. There was/is a law that states that any foreign goods have to pay additional fees/taxes and being that Hawaii was (and in my opinion STILL IS) a foreign country, the american plantation workers convinced american soldiers to aid them in raiding and taking hostage our royalty (at gunpoint). The president at the time heard of it and immediately sent word to release her, calling the plantation workers actions a 'illegal act of war' against the Hawaiian nation. Before his letter reached Hawai'i however, a new president took office and he wanted to keep Hawai'i under american control because it's location (between Asia and america) would serve as a good base for their military.

In many Hawaiians opinions, Hawai'i is still illegally occupied by america. there was a 'vote' to ask "hawaiians' if they wanted to stay a part of america but at the time most hawaiians couldnt speak or write in english and so obviously couldnt take part in the vote. The voters mainly consisted of americans, and british residents.

When president clinton was in office, he signed the 'bill of appology' stating that America illegally took possession of Hawai'i but no other ammendments were made to restore Hawai'i as a soverign nation. It remains an issue that many Hawaiians fight for.

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The US sought to gain influence in the Pacific in WWII because they were fighting against Japan (as well as Germany/Italy). Geographically, Japan is located in the Pacific Ocean. The Japanese attacked the US at Pearl Harbor December 5th 1944 and proved that they could come to US soil and cause destruction. Of course the US wasn't okay with a country being close enough to actually hurt it so they began trying to take over all the islands in the Pacific in an effort to cut off Japan from America and supplies. The more influence that America had in the Pacific, then the easier it was for them to attack Japan.

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To gain important bases for the resupplying of ships

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