Reciprocity Treaty of 1875
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The Treaty of reciprocity between the United States of America and the Hawaiian Kingdom was a free trade agreement signed and ratified in 1875.
The treaty gave free access to the US market to sugar and other products grown in Hawaii, in return the US gained lands at Pu‘u Loa for the Pearl Harbor naval base. The treaty lead to large investment by Americans in Hawaiian sugar plantations. (see also Early History of Pearl Harbor)
