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In 1843 there was an incident known as the Paulet Affair where RN Captain George Paulet annexed the Kingdom of Hawaii on the word of the British Consul, Richard Charlton. Paulet proceeded to annex the islands in the name of the British crown until his superiors countermanded his actions.

So what if the British had decided to annex Hawaii? Doesn't need to be this incident but is a general what if question.
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