The United States tried very hard not to be involved in the war. At first all they did was help out their allies with food and other supplies. They didn't actively join the war until December 7, 1941 when Japan bombed pearl harbor. They officially declared war against Japan and soon after Germany.
The colonists had never accepted the constitutionality of the duty on tea, and the Tea Act rekindled their opposition to it. Their resistance culminated in the Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773, in which colonists boarded East India Company ships and dumped their loads of tea overboard.
Answer:
Yes many degrees of freedom coexisted in the seventeenth century North-America which i will be discussing below:
Explanation:
Slaves: In the seventeenth century, African slaves were brought to Jamestown this was in the year 1619. These slaves faced all manner of discrimination and were forced to harvest tobacco. They had the least amount of freedom.
Indentured Servants: These set of people had to work for their masters for a certain amount of time before they are freed, after serving their masters, they would be allowed some sort of freedom to go and own land and also live in America.
Women: In the seventeenth century, Women did not have a lot of job options like their male counterparts, they were mostly house makers and raised children. just a few middle class women were able to work as bakers, washing cloth etc.
Property Owners: These people are able to cast vote and they have freedom and have many privileges.
Puritans: The Puritans in their search for religious freedom had travelled to America and were free to practice.
Some reasons were that Native Hawaiians were against U.S. annexation, and the controversy of how US marines used force against the Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii (held her at gunpoint) and also the fact that President Grover Cleveland himself was against annexation.