<P> In 1897 , William McKinley succeeded Cleveland as president . A year later he signed the Newlands Resolution , which provided for the annexation of Hawaii on July 7 , 1898 . The formal ceremony marking the annexation was held at Iolani Palace on August 12 , 1898 . Almost no Native Hawaiians attended , and those few who were on the streets wore royalist ilima blossoms in their hats or hair , and , on their breasts Hawaiian flags with the motto : Kuu Hae Aloha ( `` my beloved flag '' ) . Most of the 40,000 Native Hawaiians , including Lili ʻuokalani and the royal family , shuttered themselves in their homes , protesting what they considered an illegal transaction . `` When the news of Annexation came it was bitterer than death to me '' , Liliʻuokalani 's niece , Princess Kaʻiulani , told the San Francisco Chronicle . `` It was bad enough to lose the throne , but infinitely worse to have the flag go down . '' The Hawaiian flag was lowered for the last time while the Royal Hawaiian Band played the Hawaiian national anthem , Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī . </P>
<P> In 1897 , William McKinley succeeded Cleveland as president . A year later he signed the Newlands Resolution , which provided for the annexation of Hawaii on July 7 , 1898 . The formal ceremony marking the annexation was held at Iolani Palace on August 12 , 1898 . Almost no Native Hawaiians attended , and those few who were on the streets wore royalist ilima blossoms in their hats or hair , and , on their breasts Hawaiian flags with the motto : Kuu Hae Aloha ( `` my beloved flag '' ) . Most of the 40,000 Native Hawaiians , including Lili ʻuokalani and the royal family , shuttered themselves in their homes , protesting what they considered an illegal transaction . `` When the news of Annexation came it was bitterer than death to me '' , Liliʻuokalani 's niece , Princess Kaʻiulani , told the San Francisco Chronicle . `` It was bad enough to lose the throne , but infinitely worse to have the flag go down . '' The Hawaiian flag was lowered for the last time while the Royal Hawaiian Band played the Hawaiian national anthem , Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī . </P>
when were the hawaiian islands annexed by the united states
when were the hawaiian islands annexed by the united states
July 7 , 1898
July 7 , 1898