Title: Annexation of Hawaii (1898) | Sutori
Headings: Annexation of Hawaii (1898)
Annexation of Hawaii (1898)
Why Hawaii?
Trade, Sugar and Labor
Keep Europe Out!
Steps Toward Annexation
Daniel Webster
Hawaii-United States Treaty -1849
US TREATY WITH THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, DEC. 20, 1849
Annexation
Queen Liliuokalani
Sanford Dole
President William McKinley
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Content: In reality, this treaty served as a stepping stone toward American dominance of the islands and the eventual annexation of Hawaii into the United States. Annexation
Queen Liliuokalani
Queen Liliuokalani was the last sovereign of the Kamehameha dynasty in Hawaii. By the time she took the throne in 1891, a new Hawaiian constitution had removed much of the monarchy’s powers in favor of an elite class of businessmen and wealthy landowners (many of them American). When Liliuokalani acted to restore these powers, a U.S. military-backed coup deposed her in 1893 and formed a provisional government; Hawaii was declared a republic in 1894. Liliuokalani signed a formal abdication in 1895 but continued to appeal to U.S. President Grover Cleveland for reinstatement, without success. Sanford Dole
An opponent of the policies of Queen Liliuokalani, Dole was a leader of the reform movement that brought about the adoption of a constitution in 1887. Also in 1887, he was appointed a justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii. In January 1893 Dole agreed to serve as the leader of the committee, acting for Hawaiian sugar interests and their American allies, that was formed to overthrow Queen Liliuokalani and to seek annexation of Hawaii by the United States. The committee deposed the queen and installed a provisional government with Dole as president (Jan. 17, 1893), but annexation was blocked when President Grover Cleveland withdrew an annexation treaty from the Senate and demanded the restoration of Liliuokalani to the throne.