Research Paper: Perspectives Matter Project During the late 1800s, several powerful countries were seeking to expand their land and imperialize them. The cultures of the imperialized lands were greatly affected and caused a response. The most valuable document relating to indigenous responses to Western imperialism in both the Hawaiian Islands and Africa is Queen Liliuokalani's "The Last Queen of Hawaii on American Annexation." During the late 1800s, America participated in the Spanish-American War, annexing the Philippine Islands. Spain originally annexed the Philippines, but revolts and revolutions took place in the islands to disintegrate Spanish rule. This gave them the motivation to conquer more “halfway stops” to get to war sites in Western Europe. This time period is very important to the annexation of Hawaii because large countries were trying to annex smaller, not as powerful, island countries for natural resources, geopolitics, and land. To fully interpret the context of the Hawaiian annexation, it is necessary to understand that the document comes from a direct source, in this case, the Queen of Hawaii. Queen Liliuokalani states in the document that the queen and parliament do not want America to annex their country and for America to completely take over. The point of view of the document is that of the queen of Hawaii, Liliuokalani, who was in control of the situation and faced the frustration of this attachment. You need to share the penultimate paragraph of the document with the reader. This document represents a broader historical point of view because it came from the Queen of Hawaii herself and not from a secondary source. This document is more valuable… middle of paper… the last queen of American annexation.” The reason is that the other documents are from a third person's point of view, or they were people who were not that important to the government. Queen Liliuokalani was the most valid source because she was the person responsible for the annexation that was happening to her home country. He faced all the stress and anxiety caused to his natives and his monarchy. These four documents on indigenous responses to Western imperialism are all connected by their topics, historical context, and events that occurred. Queen Liliuokalani was a strong and independent ruler of her monarchy and continued to give infinite trust and satisfaction to the natives of her island. Most people would consider "the last queen of Hawaii in the American annexation", due to her legitimacy and the context that she significantly has the best perspective.