When sugar planters, missionaries, and marines drove queen liliuokalani from power, the u. s. gained a permanent foothold in a samoa b guam c hawaii d panama

Queen Liluokalani was a Hawaiian ruler, making the answer C.

C hawaii

Explanation:

president thomas jefferson commissioned the expedition shortly after the louisiana purchase in 1803 to explore and to map the newly acquired territory, to find a practical route across the western half of the continent, and to establish an american presence in this territory before britain and other european powers