What imperialist motivates did the us have to annex hawaii

People of Hawaii were not happy about the idea of Annexation by the United States. On January 5, 1895 an armed revolt was an attempt to stop the annexation, the leader was Queen Lili’uokalani who was placed in jail after. Between September 11 and October 2, 1897 two groups collected petition signatures at public meetings in hopes of the U.S. government would realize that the majority of the Hawaiians opposed annexation. These were signed by 21,269 native Hawaiian people, more than half of the 39,000 Hawaiians living in Hawaii.