Wimauma-Lithia-area historical earthquake activity is near Florida state average. It is 96% smaller than the overall U.S. average. On 9/10/2006 at 14:56:08, a magnitude 5.9 (5.9 MB, 5.5 MS, 5.8 MW, Depth: 8.7 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 289.7 miles away from the city center.
Most Hawaiians disapproved annexation, but Americans and a small, powerful group of sugar growers, traders and missionaries approved of it. After William McKinley became president, Congress approved of the annexation of Hawaii, and in 1900, Hawaii joined the Nation as a state.
The annexation of Texas was controversial because many people who lived in the area that became Texas were still Mexicans or loyal to the Spanish crown. The most controversial piece of the whole argument was that the event that led to the U.S.-Mexican War was a battle somewhere in contested lands.