Title: Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom - Wikipedia
Headings: Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom
Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom
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Contents
Background
Sugar reciprocity
Rebellion of 1887 and the Bayonet Constitution
Wilcox Rebellion of 1888
Liliʻuokalani attempts to re-write Constitution
Overthrow
United States involvement
Aftermath
Response
United States
International
Hawaiian counter-revolution
Republic, United States annexation, United States Territory
See also
References
External links

Content: Lunalilo left no heirs. The legislature was empowered by the constitution to elect the monarch in these instances and chose David Kalākaua as the next monarch. The new ruler was pressured by the U.S. government to surrender Pearl Harbor to the Navy. Kalākaua was concerned that this would lead to annexation by the U.S. and to the contravention of the traditions of the Hawaiian people, who believed that the land ('Āina) was fertile, sacred, and not for sale to anyone. In 1874 through 1875, Kalākaua traveled to the United States for a state visit to Washington DC to help gain support for a new treaty. Congress agreed to the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875 for seven years in exchange for Ford Island. After the treaty, sugar production expanded from 12,000 acres (49 km 2) of farm land to 125,000 acres (510 km 2) in 1891. At the end of the seven-year reciprocity agreement, the United States showed little interest in renewal. Rebellion of 1887 and the Bayonet Constitution
Main articles: Hawaiian rebellions (1887–1895) and 1887 Constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom
Lorrin Thurston, Minister of the Interior (Hawaii)
On January 20, 1887, the United States began leasing Pearl Harbor.