Dethrone of the Hawaiian Monarchy
The United States took over Hawaii
Thesis
Minister John L. Stevens
President Grover Cleveland
Cleveland withdrew the treaty "for the purpose of re-examination." He also received Queen Liliuokalani and replaced the American stars and stripes in Honolulu with the Hawaiian flag and return the Kingdom back to the Queen. Cleveland also ordered a study of the Hawaiian revolution, which concluded the American minister to Hawaii had conspired with the businessmen to overthrow the queen and that the coup would have failed "but for the landing of the United States forces upon false pretexts respecting the dangers to life and property." On the Hawaii takeover, President Cleveland later wrote that "the provisional government owes its existence to an armed invasion by the United States. By an act of war a substantial wrong has been done." President Cleveland's recommendation the monarchy be restored was rejected by Congress. The House of Representatives voted to censure the U.S. minister to Hawaii and adopted a resolution opposing annexation.
President William McKinley
McKinley was inaugurated as President of the United States. McKinley was in favor of annexation, Hawaiians or over half of native residents opposing annexation Spanish-American War broke out, the strategic use of the naval base at Pearl Harbor during the war. McKinley and three representatives of the government of the Republic of Hawaii. President McKinley then submitted the treaty to the U.S. Senate for ratification. The pro-annexation forces in Congress submitted a proposal to annex the Hawaiian Islands by joint resolution. House Joint Resolution 259, 55th Congress, 2nd session, known as the "Newlands Resolution," it convince Congress to approve formal annexation passed Congress and was signed into law by President McKinley on July 7, 1898. The resolution resulted in Hawaii's annexation for use as a Pacific military base. Two years later, Hawaii was organized into a formal U.S. territory and 1959 entered United States as the 50th state.
Historical Significance
Is Hawaii ilegally and lawfully a state of the Union?
Hawaii is not legality and lawfulness of Hawaii as a state because Hawaii being annexed was done in violation of laws and treaties to gain it without their permission. U.S military was interested on benefits and Pearl Harbor, using force was the only way they can conquer Hawaii.
Supplemental Information
The picture besides is the ʻIolani Palace, where the U.S was lowering the Hawaiian Flag to replace it with the U.S flag. As you can see there are soldiers surrounding the Palace, just in case the Hawaiian people will protest and cause harm, which they didn't.
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"William McKinley." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 5 Mar. 2015. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McKinley>.