Why did Hawaii become a state when other oversea territories did not?

by slashking354

I was just curious

alex_tank

Very similar question I remember reading a while ago.

[Why did Alaska and Hawaii become states but the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and the other Pacific islands did not?]

[Why did only Hawaii become a state, while territories like Puerto Rico, Guam and Samoa acquired by the US during the same period remained only territories?]