Territory of Hawaii

United States government did not approve of so president Roosevelt froze all Japanese assets in the United States which limited Japan’s ability to purchase the American supplies that they needed. The Japanese knew that the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii was where the vast majority of the American fleet units were held and they intended to destroy them. The Japanese troops wanted to destroy the ships so the Pacific Fleet would not interfere with the quests of Japan and they could conquer…

Six days ago, on the morning of December 7, 1941 thousands of Japanese fighter planes attacked at Honolulu, Hawaii at the American Naval base by Pearl Harbor. The attack on us, the Americans, only lasted two hours, but the damage was significant. The Japanese destroyed nearly 20 American naval ships and over 300 airplanes. Many lives were lost, almost 2,000 people were killed and more than 1,000 wounded. President Franklin D. Roosevelt just declared war on Japan. The effect of that now is that…

The acquisition of Hawaii can be described as a bitter over throwing of the queen, Lydia Kamakaeha Liliuokalani, and her government by a group of American planters who were interested in nothing more than creating a fortune. The issue brought in many figures including United States soldiers, Presidents Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland and William McKinley, Sanford Dole, and nonetheless, congress. Although Hawaii was interested in sugar trade with the United States, they were not typically…

Pearl Harbor is a U.S, Hawaii, that was the moment of a scary surprise attack by Japanese on December 7, 1941. At 8am on Sunday morning, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes fly on top of the base, where they managed to destroy and damage almost 20 American naval vessels, and 8 battleships, and over 300 airplanes. More than 2,000 Americans died in the attack, with civilians included, and another 1,000 people were wounded. The day after the assault, President Roosevelt asked the Congress to go to…

trip. She flew from Hawaii and ventured off on her elaborate trip in May, making several stops along the way, which consisted of South America, Africa, Southern Asia and Australia. Never in those several landings did she come across Japanese waters, for that meant she would not have been able to gather information of the Japanese. Then if the Amelia conspiracy about her being a spy for the United States government was true, then why did she not try again to depart from Hawaii? A true fearless…

of when you think of Hawaii? Do you think of hula dancers, palm trees, pineapples? I’m guessing you think of all of those things, plus some, but I bet you don't think of the alphabet! Hawaii’s alphabet was invented by missionaries long ago, it includes all five vowels, plus the letters h,k,l,m,n,p, and w, that's only 12 letters! But that's not all, there is so much more to learn about this amazing eight island chain. Now you’re probably wondering, well why should I visit Hawaii, there’s nothing…

The US took its chance and blamed Spain, sparking the Spanish-American war. In Document 12, we see how America, with little, actual evidence, accused the foreign power. This event gave the United States an opening to get into Cuba to expand their territory; which will be explained in the next paragraph. Based on research done after Cuba was taken over by the US though, we see that the USS Maine was not sabotaged by the Spanish Army. A document explaining, in full detail, what actually happened…

national borders and are a huge positive influence to other nations. Hawaii is no exception even though it sits faraway from Japan. Hawaii is an overseas territory of the United States located in the Pacific Ocean; however, it was originally an independent nation. Local Hawaiians settled…

Pearl Harbor, United States naval base in Hawaii, was attacked by Imperial Japanese Navy on 7th December 1941, what was tantamount to Japan declaring war on US. There is surely variety of possible reasons for this action and it is a topic of debate among historians. Firstly, after Japan seized Indo-China, United States decided to impose economic embargo on Japan. This would certainly prove disastrous to Japan as they would not be able to sustain war with China. On that account, after failed…

The day of December 7, 1941 was devastating for many. The tragic acts were at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on U.S territory. The bombs were dropped to hit the ammunition stores, which exploded. Consequently, many ships, vessels, and aircrafts were sunk or damaged during this attack from Japan. Because of this, the U.S had no choice but to join the war. On December 8, 1941 Franklin asked congress to declare war on Japan. On December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor, a U.S navy base near the Hawaiian island…