Why did president cleveland refuse to annex hawaii?
o he felt annexation would be unjust and illegal.
o he thought the islands were too expensive to maintain.
o he considered hawaii too far away to govern effectively.
o he believed hawaii would not influence trade with asia.

He felt annexation would be unjust and illegal. - first choice

Option A. President Cleveland refused to annex Hawaii as he felt annexation would be unjust and illegal.

Explanation:

President Stephen Grover Cleveland served as the 22th and 24th President of the United States. During his second term in 1893, the President exclaimed his posture against annexing Hawaii into the United States, a topic that was being discussed fervently during the time. The president expressed how he thought annexing the islands would be unjust, and illegal, as he states that the treaty, in which the property of the Islands was given to the United States, was done under an unconstitutional Hawaiian government, that did not represent the Hawaiian citizens' desires.