Aloha Aina
Hawaiians Beloved Land
THESIS
The overthrow of the Hawaiian kingdom on January 17, 1893 with the help of president, Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland and minister john L. Stevens.
Minister John L. stevens
John L. Steven was the American minister to Hawaii during the overthrow of queen Liliuokalani. John was assigned to Hawaii to represents U.S on all matters including political representation Stevens also supported the committee of safety to overthrow the Hawaiian kingdom. He gave the orders for the Mainers and marches them to downtown Honolulu to threatens the queen ask for surrender but the queen did not surrender to the provisional government. Minister John were also racist to Hawaiians, and that they are unfit to rule. Those businessman who are trying to overthrow the Hawaiian kingdom claim that they were overthrowing a corrupt.
President Benjamin Harrison
President Benjamin Harrison was the president during Kalakaua reign. King Kalakaua sign a reciprocity treaty with the united states making it possible for sugar to be sold to the U.S. market tax-free, but the "white" business man still didn't trust him. In 1887 they renewed the treaty adding pearl harbor. Kalakaua was threaten and was force to sign the "Bayonet constitution" giving power to his cabinet. he becomes figure head and pearl harbor was no longer belong to Hawaii. In 1893 the last Monarch of Hawaii, Queen Liliuokalani was overthrown by party of businessmen, who then imposed a provisional government. Soon after, President Benjamin Harrison submitted a treaty to annex the Hawaiian islands to the U.S. senate for ratification.
President Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison sign a treaty of an annexation with the new government, but before the senate could confirm it, Grover replaced Harrison and subsequently withdrew the treaty. President Grover Cleveland send secretary James Blount to investigate the events in the Hawaiian island. James founded that minister Stevens had acted improperly and ordered that the American be lowered from the Hawaiian government buildings. He also ordered that the queen should be restored to power and that they should return the kingdom to the queen. Based on James finding, President Cleveland decided that, in the name of justice, he would do everything in his power to reinstate the queen but he was rejected by the congress.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
The role of president Grover Cleveland, president Harrison and mister Stevens on overthrowing the Hawaiian kingdom.
IS HAWAII LEGALLY AND LAWFULLY A STATE OF THE UNION
Hawaii is not legally and lawfully a state of the union because there wasn't no treat of annexation. When president sign the treaty of annexation to Hawaii, but before the senate could confirm it he was replace by President Grover Cleveland and the treaty of annexation was subsequently withdrew. A lot of Hawaiians sign the petition against the annexation, only 46 senators were willing to vote for annexation and the treaty was defeated in the senate.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
The pictures where annexation happened and the second pictures of a newspaper "STATE HOOD" When Hawaii become's a state.
CITE
"The 1897 Petition Against the Annexation of Hawaii." National Archives and Records Administration. National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Web. 02 Mar. 2015.
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"The Overthrow of the Monarchy." The Overthrow of the Monarchy. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Mar. 2015.
"Digital History." Digital History. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Mar. 2015.