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Annexation of Hawaii
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Queen Liliuokalani
Princess Liliuokalani of Hawaii came to the throne to be the Queen in 1891, she wanted Hawaiians to regain economic control of thier islands, in accordance to that, she took away the powers of the american sugar planters causing them to assemble thier own provisional government. Due to this bold move by the Queen she was forced to yield because of the risk of death. Princess Liliuokalani
Princess Liliuokalani of Hawaii began to think that her much loved Monarchy was threatened and that her people were running out of time due to American businesspeople tightening their control of Hawaii which would destroy Hawaiian government and democracy. King Kamehameha
In the 1790's, Americans and Hawaiians began to trade supplies, at this same time King Kamehameha began to unify the islands. The trade between America and Hawaii began to flourish and the villages of Honolulu and Lahaina grew in importance due to their good ports. John Stevens
The success of the Planters' Revolt was due in part to the support of John Stevens. He was the Chief American Diplomat in Hawaii, there, he arranged for marines from the Warship Boston to help with the revolt. Stevens then recognized the new government, and a delegation was sent to Washington to seek a treaty that would annex Hawaii to the United States of America. Grover Cleveland
On January 17, 1893, a group of businessmen overthrew the Hawaiian monarchy, a temporary government was then set up by them, and their leader was Sanford B. Dole.