<span>For Americans, Pearl Harbor, located on the Island of Oahu, provided one of the most attractive naval bases in the Pacific. Hawaii was in the Pacific Ocean and the perfect placed to locate the American’s naval base to refill and resupply the fuel, and Pearl Harbor is the perfect fit because it is one of the best and largest natural harbors located in the Pacific Ocean.</span>
Unlike democratic constitutions, authoritarian constitutions do not set direct limits on executive authority; however, in some cases such documents may function as ways for elites to protect their own property rights or constrain autocrats' behavior.