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Foothold in Hawaii. Interest in Hawaii began in America as early as the 1820s, when New England missionaries tried in earnest to spread their faith. Since the 1840s, keeping European powers out of Hawaii became a principal foreign policy goal. Americans acquired a true foothold in Hawaii as a result of the sugar trade. The United States government provided generous terms to Hawaiian sugar growers, and after the Civil War, profits began to swell. A turning point in U.S.-Hawaiian relations occurred in 1890, when Congress approved the McKinley Tariff, which raised import rates on foreign sugar.
Hawaiian statehood was granted by Act of Congress on March 18, 1959, effective August 21, 1959. During the imperialist 19th century, most undeveloped countries were occupied by European powers.awaii was annexed to the US in 1898 after private businesses seized control in 1893 from the Hawaiian monarchy and formed an unrecognized republic. Hawaii underwent substantial expansion and modernization during World war II and became an integral part of the US policies in the Pacific.