Title: The Tragedy Of Queen Liliuokalani, Hawaii's Last Monarch
Headings: The Life Of Queen Liliuokalani, Hawaii’s Last Monarch
The Life Of Queen Liliuokalani, Hawaii’s Last Monarch
Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii was the island kingdom's last monarch, overthrown by American sugar planters in 1893 with the help of U.S. Marines.
Who Was Queen Liliuokalani?
In The 1890s, Sugar Ruled Hawaii
The Coup That Put An End To Hawaii’s Monarchy
The Republic Of Hawaii Turned Against The Queen
The US Annex Hawaii Over Queen Liliuokalani’s Objection
The Queen’s Legacy in Hawaii

Content: By the 1890s, industrial sugar plantations often employed a thousand workers. The Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Company, located on Maui, produced 12,000 tons of sugar in 1890. American and European business owners bought up land and expanded sugar plantations, consolidating power in the kingdom. Jules Tavernier/Horikawa Fine Art, Honolulu
An 1885 painting showing a Maui sugar plantation. In 1890, the U.S. passed a tariff act that hit Hawaii’s sugar producers hard. Hawaii previously benefited from low tariff rates, but the act raised the cost of Hawaiian sugar and the new law nearly destroyed Hawaii’s industry. Hawaii’s sugar owners came up with a plan to save their industry: they would overthrow Queen Liliuokalani and push for the U.S. to annex Hawaii. Once under U.S. rule, Hawaii’s sugar producers would no longer pay tariffs. The Coup That Put An End To Hawaii’s Monarchy
Queen Liliuokalani had battled against the powerful plantation owners as crown princess and as monarch, but she was powerless to stop the U.S.-backed coup to overthrow her kingdom in 1893, led by American businessman Sanford Dole.