Newlands Resolution

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The Newlands Resolution was the 1898 joint resolution by the U.S. Congress that annexed Hawaii, marking a key moment in American imperial expansion into the Pacific.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
joint resolution ⓘ
appliesTo Republic of Hawaii ⓘ
chamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
codifiedAs U.S. Statutes at Large, 30 Stat. 750 ⓘ
controversy legitimacy of annexation by joint resolution instead of treaty ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
datePassedHouse 1898-07-15 ⓘ
datePassedSenate 1898-07-06 ⓘ
dateSigned 1898-07-07 ⓘ
effectiveDate 1898-08-12 ⓘ
followedBy Organic Act of 1900 ⓘ
linked to: Foraker Act
historicalPeriod late 19th-century American expansion ⓘ
introducedBy Francis G. Newlands ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalForm joint resolution of Congress ⓘ
legalStatus in force at time of annexation ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
locationOfSigning Washington, D.C. ⓘ
longTermImpact foundation for eventual statehood of Hawaii ⓘ
integration of Hawaii into the United States political system ⓘ
namedAfter Francis G. Newlands ⓘ
opposedBy Native Hawaiian political groups ⓘ
anti-imperialist politicians in the United States ⓘ
partOf American imperialism ⓘ
United States expansion in the Pacific ⓘ
placeOfEffect Hawaiian Islands ⓘ
purpose to provide for the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands to the United States ⓘ
relatedEvent Spanish–American War ⓘ
establishment of the Republic of Hawaii ⓘ
overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii ⓘ
relatedTo Apology Resolution ⓘ
replaced failed 1893–1894 treaty of annexation with Hawaii ⓘ
result annexation of the Republic of Hawaii by the United States ⓘ
establishment of the Territory of Hawaii ⓘ
signedBy William McKinley ⓘ
subject annexation of Hawaii ⓘ
supportedBy U.S. business interests in Hawaii ⓘ
expansionist politicians in the United States ⓘ
topic Hawaiian sovereignty ⓘ
U.S. territorial acquisition ⓘ
imperial expansion in the Pacific ⓘ

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Annexation of Hawaii by the United States in 1898 → describedBySource → Newlands Resolution text ⓘ
linked to: Newlands Resolution
Republic of Hawaii → annexationInstrument → Newlands Resolution ⓘ
Morgan Report → followedBy → Newlands Resolution ⓘ
United States–Hawaii relations → legalBasis → Newlands Resolution of 1898 ⓘ
linked to: Newlands Resolution