Prompt 8
June 14 1900
Pineapple plantations provided job opportunities so many people began to move there as a result.
Primary labor at the plantations came from China. These workers were treated about as well as children working in Kathy Lee Gifford’s South American sweat shops. Low wages, poor wok conditions, and strict punishments
Sanford Dole’s father was a Protestant missionary in Hawaii.
Dole believed it absolutely necessary to westernize Hawaii, he used his ties with the king of Hawaii to begin to implement his ideas.
The Bayonet Constitution was a rich white supremacist’s dream piece of legislature. It basically took all boating rights away from anyone who was not rich and white. It also took away all power from the royal cabinet and gave it to the white elite.
Lorrin Thurston drafted the Bayonet Constitution, and was the Interior Minster of Hawaii.
The Committee of Safety was a thirteen member committee that planed to overthrow the kingdom of Hawaii.
Sanford Dole became president of the Republic of Hawaii in 1894.
Hawaii was annexed by William McKinley in February1900
Sanford Dole’s New Position became Governor of the state.
James dole is Sanford Dole’s cousin.
James Dole Bought the Island and converted it into a pineapple plantation.
Missions brought on businessmen and businessmen pushed for the Americanization to Hawaii. Without missions there would be no state of Hawaii.
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