Noah Dolim

It's stopped.

We have to figure some kind of trade agreement or something with the United States that will allow us to continue these profitable gains.

And is that accomplished?

Yes, that actually is eventually.

And that is under the reign of Kalākaua, King Kalākaua, who takes office in 1874.

Kalākaua agrees to a major piece of international diplomacy called the Reciprocity Treaty.

And the Reciprocity Treaty, as in its name, Reciprocity, there's a benefit for the United States and there's a benefit for the Hawaiian Kingdom.

The Hawaiian kingdom was able to export sugar to the U.S.

parafree.

There's sugar and a whole bunch of other products, but primarily sugar was the cornerstone of that agreement.

And then for the U.S., and this is kind of tying economic and then military advantage together, the U.S.

wanted exclusive rights to a place called Pūloa in Hawaii.

And Pūloa is the traditional name for what people call

What most people in the United States and around the world might know as Pearl Harbor.

Pearl Harbor.

There we are.

It was a natural harbor.

It was deep.

It is essentially a perfect harbor, naturally formed harbor for big ships.

And so the U.S.