The Reciprocity Treaty of 1875 increased American political and strategic influence in Hawaii. This increased influence allowed the non-Native business class (comprising predominantly Americans, Europeans, and their descendants) that already dominated the kingdom’s economy to also assert greater control over the kingdom’s politics, which led to the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy (1893) and eventual annexation by the United States (1898).
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