Stomach and back pain after eating could indicate acute pancreatitis, which is a serious condition. You would feel a pain in your upper abdomen and sometimes in your back that worsens after you eat. The pain may last for days, and you may have swelling in your abdomen, nausea, vomiting, a fever and a rapid pulse.
When and why did Hawaii become a state? Hawaiiâa U.S. territory since 1898âbecame the 50th state in August, 1959, following a referendum in Hawaii in which more than 93% of the voters approved the proposition that the territory should be admitted as a state. There were many Hawaiian petitions for statehood during the first half of the 20th century. These were denied or ignored. Some in the U.S. had been convinced, even at the time of Hawaiiâs annexation, that Hawaii had no natural connection to the rest of the states.
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.