One reason that the white American "sugar lords" tried to overthrow native Hawaiian rule and annex the islands to the United States was
a. they found the government of Queen Liliuokalani repressive and inefficient.
b. they sought to control American foreign policy in the Pacific.
c. they wanted to convert the native Hawaiians and East Asian immigrants to Christianity.
d. they feared that Japan might intervene in Hawaii on behalf of abused Japanese imported laborers.
e. they intended to force the growing native Hawaiian population to become indentured plantation laborers.
Answer: D