PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?
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"Originally governed by individual chiefs or kings, the islands united under the
rule of a single monarch, King Kamehameha, in 1795, less than two decades
after Cook's arrival." (Paragraph 2)
"King Kalakaua signed a reciprocity treaty with the United States making it
possible for sugar to be sold to the U.S. market tax-free, but the haole - or
"white" - businessmen were still distrustful of him." (Paragraph 3)
"The petition, clearly marked 'Petition Against Annexation' and written in both
the Hawaiian and English languages, was signed by 21,269 native Hawaiian
people," (Paragraph 9)
"The story of the annexation is a story of conflicting goals as the white
businessmen struggled to obtain favorable trade conditions" (Paragraph 13)