. The development of American nationality. his claim had become moredefinite after the treaty of 1819 with Spain, which had givenus all her rights as far south as the forty-second treaties with England in 1846 and with Mexico in 1848gave us a fixed hold on that portion of the Pacific coast ofAmerica which contains the best harbors, while the annexa-tion of Alaska in 1867 stretched out an arm toward the meantime the treaty of 1844, which secured the open-ing of treaty ports in China, and that of 1854, whichopened up Japan to the Western world and marks the newbirth of the J
. The development of American nationality. his claim had become moredefinite after the treaty of 1819 with Spain, which had givenus all her rights as far south as the forty-second treaties with England in 1846 and with Mexico in 1848gave us a fixed hold on that portion of the Pacific coast ofAmerica which contains the best harbors, while the annexa-tion of Alaska in 1867 stretched out an arm toward the meantime the treaty of 1844, which secured the open-ing of treaty ports in China, and that of 1854, whichopened up Japan to the Western world and marks the newbirth of the Japanese nation, added prestige to power. Samoa and In 1878 a treaty, almost inadvertently made so far as the government at Washington was concerned, promisedour good offices to the government of the Samoan Clevelands first administration that government gotinto difficulties with England and Germany. The UnitedStates interfered, and after a long and somewhat turbulentnegotiation became a party to the General Act of Berlin of. PROBLEM OF THE PACIFIC 487 1889. By this act the independence of Samoa was recog-nized, but its government was to be under the tutelage ofGreat Britain, Germany, and the United States. Thus forthe first time we were drawn into the responsibilities of aprotectorate, and an entangling alliance with two Euro-pean powers. In the Hawaiian Islands we had long takena special interest. We had, in fact, asserted since 1842that practically, from their position, they came under theprotection of the Monroe Doctrine. In 1892 a revolutionin the islands resulted in the formation of a republic there,dominated by American influence, which immediatelyrequested annexation by the United States. This requestwas readily indorsed by the Harrison administration, andthe matter was pressed by J. W. Foster, who had suc-ceeded Mr. Blaine as Secretary of State in 1892. Clevelandopposed annexation, and upon becoming President in 1893,withdrew the treaty for that purpose w
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