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Free Hawaii: Queen Liliuokalani's Protest to the Treaty of Annexation

For Students 9th - 10th
This website contains the text of an official protest to the annexation of Hawaii, presented by Queen Liliuokalani in Washington D.C. on June 17, 1897.
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Hawaii's Last Queen

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of a PBS American Experience film about Queen Liliuokalani and the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy, this brief overview gives personal information about the queen and explains her attempts at protecting her country. Included...
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Expansion in the Pacific: Footholds in the Pacific

For Students 9th - 10th
Good description of 19th century Hawaiian history and its annexation by the U.S., with links to related maps, pictures, and treaties.
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Hawaiian Kingdom: The u.s. Occupation

For Students 9th - 10th
Article describing United States presence in the Hawaiian Islands from the 1890s to the present with links to outside resources that document the intervention, occupation, and annexation of these islands.
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Danuta Bois

Distinguished Women of Past and Present: Liliuokalani (1838 1917)

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this personal biography of Hawaaiian Queen Liliuokalani, who struggled against American annexation.
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Empire Building

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lengthy essay about American focus on foreign affairs after the Civil War, expanding particularly in the late 19th century. Read about U.S. exploits in the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Pacific...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Hawaii: Washington Place

For Students 9th - 10th
Built in 1844-1847, this was the home of Queen Lili?uokalani, the last reigning monarch of the Hawaiian kingdom, from the time of her marriage in 1862 to her death in 1917. While living here, she saw the monarchy overthrown and Hawai?i...
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Women's Heritage Month: Queen Lydia Liliuokalani

For Students 9th - 10th
An informative biography of Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani, who reluctantly surrendered her nation to American forces in 1896.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: The Progresssive Era

For Students 9th - 10th
This Grolier On-line Encyclopedia article hits the main points of the Progressive Era stretching from the 1890s until just after the end of World War I.
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Harp Week

Harp Week: The Cleveland Record

For Students 9th - 10th
Grover Cleveland's second term in office was problematic, which affected the election of 1896. Read about the economic depression of 1893, the labor unrest, Coxey's army, and controversial Supreme Court decisions that were handed down...
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University of Virginia

Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Benjamin Harrison: Foreign Affairs

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the vigorous foreign policy pursued by Benjamin Harrison during his four-year term as president. His decisive actions presaged Theodore Roosevelt's "Big Stick" policy.
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Harp Week

Harp Week: The Presidential Elections: Grover Cleveland

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography from Harp Week's extensive website about presidential elections of Grover Cleveland, outlining his tenure as governor of New York, and his two non-consecutive terms as president.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Hawaiian Economics: From Mountains to Sea

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This economics lesson plan integrates the history of the Hawaiian people with geography, natural resources, good and services and more. "In this lesson, we will learn how Hawaiians shared their island resources long ago."
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On Line History of the United States: The Age of Imperialism

For Students 9th - 10th
Online history page containing numerous links to specific incidents of U.S. expansion in the Pacific, Latin America, China, and Cuba.
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The Overthrow of the Monarchy

For Students 9th - 10th
History of the events that led to the annexation of Hawaii in the 1890s.
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The Overthrow of the Monarchy

For Students 9th - 10th
History of the events that led to the annexation of Hawaii in the 1890s.
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The Overthrow of the Monarchy

For Students 9th - 10th
History of the events that led to the annexation of Hawaii in the 1890s.
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Curated OER

The Overthrow of the Monarchy

For Students 9th - 10th
History of the events that led to the annexation of Hawaii in the 1890s.
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Curated OER

Etc: Territorial Growth of the United States, 1783 1900

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1911 of the United States showing the territorial acquisitions from the original states and territory established in 1783 to the Tripartite Convention of 1899 in which Germany and the United States divided the Samoan...
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Etc: Development of Amer Interests in the Pacific, 1791 1903

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the United States and Pacific Ocean showing the development of American interests in the Pacific from the early exploration of Oregon Country in 1791 to the formal annexation of the Midway Islands and the Panama Strip in 1903....
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Etc: Acquisition of Territory by the United States, 1783 1917

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1922 of the United States showing the acquisition of territory from 1783 to the purchase of the Dutch West Indies (Virgin Islands) in 1917. This map is color-coded to show each of the acquisitions with map notations giving...
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Ambivalent Empire

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of U.S. domestic, foreign and colonial policy during an era of U.S. expansion and imperialism.
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Territories of the United States, 1900

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1909 showing territories added to the United States: Alaska (1867), Hawaii by annexation (1898), and Puerto Rico and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War (1898).

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