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The United States has 50 states, and today I want to discuss why (and how) Hawaii became the most recent to join the union. An island chain in the Pacific, far from the contiguous United States, the story of how Hawaii became “American” is fascinating and controversial!

TRANSCRIPT - https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2023/06/21/244-why-is-hawaii-part-of-the-united-states/

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Vocabulary

• State (n) - a part of a large country with its own government, such as in Germany, Australia, or the US.
• Contiguous (adj) - next to or touching another, usually similar, thing.
• Expansion (n) - the action of becoming larger or more extensive.
• Acquisition (n) - something that someone buys or gets, often to add to a collection of things.
• Plantation (n) - a large farm, especially in a hot part of the world, on which a particular type of crop is grown.
• To annex (v) - to take possession of an area of land or a country, usually by force or without permission.
• Restoration (n) - the act or process of returning something to its earlier good condition or position, or to its owner.
• Territory (n) - (especially in Australia, Canada, and the United States) a large area that has some local government but fewer rights than a province or a state.