Answer: The reasons as to why the Americans would want to control Hawaii is because Hawaii had a lot of tropical products like sugarcane and pineapples that weren’t available anywhere else in the country. Since there were exclusive products, that meant a lot of people wanted the things and led to a booming economy. A booming economy meant a lot of money. People who wanted to make it big would come to Hawaii and sell things and become rich. It also had Pearl Harbor which, if America could get its hands on, could prove to be really useful for their growing navy. They could also expand it to a military base. The US also wanted to expand their power and land.
