Answer: Hawai’i originally became part of the United States when people of American descent living in Hawai’i overthrew the native Hawai’ian monarchy. Not long after, they were able to prevail upon the United States to annex Hawai’i, making it a territory of the United States. Roughly 60 years later, Hawai’i became the 50th state in the Union.
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