Senin, 12 Juni 2017

The First: Royal Visit

David Kalakaua, the king of Hawaii, was on a commercial mission when he arrived in Washington, D.C., in December 1874 to meet with President Ulysses Grant. His independent island nation had sugar to sell, and the United States had a sweet tooth. Americans consumed 33 pounds of sugar per capita in 1870, and they wanted …

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