It is based on shared concepts that people define for themselves. -Apex
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Interest in Hawaii began in America as early as the 1820s, when New England missionaries tried in earnest to spread their faith. Since the 1840s, keeping European powers out of Hawaii became a principal foreign policy goal. Americans acquired a true foothold in Hawaii as a result of the sugar trade. The United States government provided generous terms to Hawaiian sugar growers, and after the Civil War, profits began to swell.
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Lack of usable land, and poor conditions of soil
The Mere Exposure Effect
This effect is when a person is sublimely exposed to objects or other people. This causes them to begin to associate them positively in their mind, even if the person does not consciously realize the person is there.