In 1875, the United States and Kingdom of Hawaii signed the reciprocity treaty that eliminated America's tariffs on Hawaiian sugar without the Hawaiian government leasing away any of its land, and the sugar economy in the islands subsequently exploded.

1875 年，美国和夏威夷王国签署了互惠条约，取消了美国对夏威夷蔗糖征收的关税，而夏威夷政府却没有出租任何土地，群岛的蔗糖经济随后爆发。