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Hawaii
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Content: Queen Lili'uokalani: After her brother's death, Queen Lili'uokalani ascended to the throne in 1891, and in response to her people, she started to work on a new constitution for Hawaii, which would reinstate the veto power of the monarchy. It would also give voting rights back to the disenfranchised, poor native Hawaiians. Basically, prominent American and European business people, most prominently, Sanford B. Dole, who didn't want to lose control, seized power and had the Queen imprisoned. These business people wanted Hawaii annexed to the U.S. This would get rid of taxes on goods from Hawaii and make a lot of money for Dole and his cohorts. Hawaii had enjoyed a tariff-free, favored trade status through a treaty signed in 1875. When the McKinley Tariff went through in 1890, it drastically raised the price of imports. The Republic of Hawaii was officially established on July 4, 1894. Sanford B. Dole was the first president. The President of the United States, Grover Cleveland, and his administration, researched and found that the overthrowing of Queen Lili'uokalani was illegal, and actually wanted the Queen returned to power.