Hawaii Apology Analysis

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The main point of the apology was the u.s government saying they are sorry for the overthrow back on January 17 1893. Also that they are sorry for forcing the queen out of power without a fair reason for taking over Hawaii. I think that the apology resolution was important the the Hawaiian nation because, after the overthrow hawaii was forced into the u.s.a without being able to run things the way the hawaiian people wanted. For example as soon as hawaii was annexed in the the u.s they came to hawaii and took hawaiian lands and used it for the u.s needs and it pretty much took over the hawaiian sugar plantation fields so many people lost jobs and it was hard being under the u.s rules now. Another example of why it was important to the hawaiian

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