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What action led wealthy planters in Hawaii to fear that their sales and profits would decrease? the imposition of a new U.S. tariff on Hawaiian sugar the establishment of Christian churches by missionaries John Stevens’ order to U.S. marines to help Hawaiian rebels Queen Liliuokalani’s abolition of the Hawaiian constitution

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The action that led wealthy planters in Hawaii to fear their sales and profits would decrease was:

1) The imposition of a new U.S. tariff on Hawaiian sugar

In 1890, the McKinley tariff Act increased United States tariff duty on imports about fifty percent, in order to protect domestic industries and decrease competitive prices in the local market. Sugar wealthy planters feared their sales would decrease as the U.S. was their larger buyer.

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