In 1893, the island nation of Hawaii, with support of plantation owners and missionaries from the United States, was invaded by the United States. In doing so, a treaty was being broken between the United States and the Hawaiian government. It also broke an international law, which forbids acts of aggression. Just five years later, with President Cleveland’s disapproval, Congress passed the “Newland Resolution” which claimed Hawaii as a United States territory. (Annexation) All this …showed first 75 words of 1857 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1857 total…jail. I refuse to pledge allegiance to the American flag.” A first grader, from Waianae Elementary School in Hawaii said this 1979. He is not the only person with such hostile views. In November of 1993, congress and president Clinton passed a bill that officially apologized to the Hawaiian people for overthrowing the Kingdom of Hawaii. They did this to from a solid ground relationship between the United States government and the natives Hawaiian people. (The overthrow)