An 1875 trade reciprocity treaty further linked the two countries and U.S. sugar plantation owners from the United States came to dominate the economy and politics of the islands. ... Spurred by the nationalism aroused by the Spanish-American War, the United States annexed Hawaii in 1898 at the urging of President William McKinley. Hawaii was made a territory in 1900, and Dole became its first governor.

House Joint Resolution 259, 55th Congress, 2nd session, known as the "Newlands Resolution," passed Congress and was signed into law by President McKinley on July 7, 1898 — the Hawaiian islands were officially annexed by the United States.

Hawai'i was acquired by the United States through a congressional act on July 7, 1898. The Organic Act, passed in 1900, provided for governmental authority over the islands that aligned with U.S. laws, it extended the U.S. Constitution to the islands, and granted Hawaiian territorial citizenship to all U.S. citizens who resided in the Territory for more than a year and U.S. citizenship for all citizens of the Republic of Hawai'i who were in residence at the time of the Act.

The Reciprocity Treaty of 1875 between the US Government and the Hawaiian Kingdom granted the US Government the exclusive rights “to enter Pearl Harbor … and to establish and maintain there a coaling and repair station for US vessels. This treaty would prove to forever change Hawaii. Within decades, the originally tranquil Pearl Harbor was developed for the use of large navy ships, and was eventually turned into a naval yard.

ARTICLE II. His Majesty the King of the Hawaiian Islands grants to the Government of the United States the exclusive right to enter the harbor of the Pearl River in the Island of Oahu, and to establish and maintain there a coaling and repair station for the use of vessels of the United States, and to that end the United States may improve the entrance to said harbor and do all other things needful to the purpose aforesaid. ... Done at the city of Washington the 6th day of December in the year of Our Lord 1884.

In 1875, the United States and the Hawaiian Kingdom signed the Reciprocity Treaty, ratified in 1887, which granted the United States Senate the exclusive right to maintain a coaling and repair station at Pearl Harbor. Following the annexation of Hawaii, the US Navy sought to create a permanent Naval Station for operations throughout the Pacific, establishing Naval Station, Honolulu on November 17, 1899.

The Reciprocity Treaty (1875), which bound together the American and Hawaiian economies, made Hawaiian sugar production even more valuable, and when renewed (1887), gave the United States rights to a naval base at Pearl Harbor. ... Annexation had finally succeeded, passed by a joint resolution rather than by treaty. U.S. Marines were present at the Hawaiian annexation ceremonies on August 12, 1898.

The United States was only able to realize its strategic interests in Hawaii because the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875 made controlling Pearl Harbor a viable policy option. Without the efforts of American entrepreneurs in the preceding years, the United States would not have secured control over Pearl Harbor. Commercial interests in 1875 mattered for America's strategic interests in 1898.

The ensuing Spanish-American War, part of which was fought in the Philippine Islands, established the argument that the Hawaiian islands would be strategically valuable as a mid-Pacific fueling station and naval installation. The pro-annexation forces in Congress submitted a proposal to annex the Hawaiian Islands by joint resolution, which required only a simple majority vote in both houses.

The treaty was renewed in 1887, and included giving America exclusive use of Pearl Harbor, which the U.S. had been eyeing due to its strategic Pacific Ocean location. With the onset of the Spanish-American war, the United States government wanted control of the strategically located Pearl Harbor. President William McKinley proposed a treaty annexing Hawai'i, although it didn't gain the necessary votes. However, a joint resolution written by Democratic Congressman Francis G. Newlands to annex Hawai'i passed with a simple majority in Congress, and McKinley signed it into law on July 7, 1898.

They also recognized the strategic importance of Pearl Harbor, which could serve as a military outpost and coaling station for merchant ships in the Pacific. ... With the passage of Hawaiian annexation in 1898, her control of the throne was permanently lost, and Hawaii became a U.S. territory.

In 1887 the US gained exclusive rights to the lagoon as a coaling and repair station but only started the transformation and development of the area when the Spanish-American war produced a need for a constant military presence in the Pacific. In 1898, Manila was captured and the need for a naval port from where the US could access territories across the Pacific became vital. In 1908, Pearl Harbor officially became a US Naval base.

In 1876, the Kingdom of Hawaii signed a reciprocity treaty with the United States of America, ceding control of Pearl Harbor to the US in exchange for duty-free exportation of raw sugar to the United States. The Hawaiian Monarchy was overthrown in 1893 and Hawaii was annexed as a territory of the United States in 1898. This was a strategically important event for the United States because Pearl Harbor is in such an important strategic location in the Pacific Ocean.

The creation of a new constitution and subsequent establishment of a naval base in Pearl Harbor in 1887 only exacerbated Natives' discontent with foreign influence. Under the Newlands Resolutions of 1898, President McKinley formally annexed the Hawaiian Islands. By 1900, Hawaii became a formal territory, achieving statehood many years later in 1959.

The Reciprocity Treaty of 1875 between the United States of America and the Hawaiian Kingdom was a free trade agreement signed and ratified in 1875... In return, the US gained lands in the area known as Puʻu Loa for what became known as the Pearl Harbor naval base. ... The Treaty of Reciprocity with the United States of America has been definitely extended for seven years upon the same terms as those in the original treaty, with the addition of a clause granting to national vessels of the United States the exclusive privilege of entering Pearl River Harbor and establishing there a coaling and repair station.