ANNEXATION
TO BECOME A TERRITORY
THESIS
On January 17, 1893 the Overthrow of Hawaiian Kingdom would not have been possible without the roles President Cleveland, President McKinley and Minister John Stevens played.
President Grover Cleveland
President William McKinley
The role of President William McKinley's administration in the Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom was that was favor of the annexation, which to signed a treaty of annexation with three representatives of the government. Also he felt that his leadership change. So then President McKinley submitted to the treaty of the U.S Senate for ratification. The Delegate and Queen Lili’oukalani met Senator George Hoar to submit petition. The treaty was defeated in the Senate. In 1897, the petition by the Hawaiian Leauge that the native Hawaiians people disagreement to the territory. The Provisional Government and largely suffering of the Native Hawaiian. Also the businessmen was struggling to gain the trade conditions to protect their culture. The Spanish American War of the Pearl Harbor desired a trategic value of the Hawaiian Island. President McKinley push a joint resolution by the Hawaiian Island, which a smiple majority vote in both houses proposal to the annex forces in congress.
Minister John L. Stevens
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
IS HAWAI'I LEGALLY AND LAWFULLY A STATE OF THE UNION
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
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