Before a treaty annexing Hawaii to the United States could be rushed through the Senate in 1893,
A) President Harrison's term expired and anti-imperialist Grover Cleveland became president.
B) war broke out between the United States and Spain.
C) the white American "sugar rebels" decided that Hawaii should remain independent.
D) popular opinion in the United States turned against such colonial ventures.
E) the pro-annexation forces demanded that Hawaii be admitted to the Union as a state.
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