THE DEATH OF HAWAI'I'S INDEPENDENCE
How to Overthrow a Kingdom
Reasons of the overthrow
John L. Stevens
John L Stevens was assigned to the Hawaii by the US to represent them on all matters including political representation of the US. Stevens believed that Hawaiians were barbarians and don’t have the right to rule their own government. Stevens also supported the committee of safety for the overthrow of the Hawaiian kingdom. Without the permission of the US president or government he proclaimed Hawaii as property of the US When queen Liliuokalani suggested a change in the constitution Thurston used it as an excuse to call for the overthrow of the queen and was supported by business men who helped make the Bayonet Constitution and John L Stevens. Stevens was also called upon call back and land the US marines whose jobs were to protect any American citizens. Stevens supported Thurston’s law office for the overthrow of the queen, due to the fact that she wanted a new constitution requested by the people.
President Grover Cleevland
When President Cleevland got put into office he investigated the overthrow of the Hawaiian government. in 1893 Cleevland referred to the invasion as an act of war because they took land without the consent of the people. he sent secretary James Blount to report the act of war. Secretary James Blount sent a 1,400 page report about how the overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani was illegal and immoral. Cleevland then lowered the American flag at ‘Iolani palace. Cleevland also returned the kingdom to the queen since she was imprisoned for treason in 1895. During her imprisonment she wrote diaries and wrote in them, her most famous ideas and thought like the “Haunting Queens Prayer:” after Cleevland left office President dole went to office and refused to leave during that time a majority of the Americans agreed that Hawaii should be annexed with America. After President Dole President William McKinley was elected into office but did nothing about the outbreak that happened during Cleveland’s days.
President Benjamin Harrison
Harrison was the president during the reign of Kalakaua. (1887)After the war Pearl Harbor was used for the export of sugar from Hawaii. The Reciprocity treaty was shown to Kalakaua by Harrison and was made so that Hawaii wouldn't be charged a tariff or a tax on the sugar they sent to the US. The second Reciprocity treaty was the same as the first one but in this treaty, Hawaii had to sign over Pearl Harbor sp the US could use its ports for exportation of sugar and military purposes. In 1887 Kalakaua was forced to sign the bayonet constitution which gave white foreigners, even those who had not taken the oath of allegiance, the power to control the Hawaiian legislator and Cabinet even though she didn’t want to . The native Hawaiians was disenfranchised in 1897 and was introduced to the treaty of annexation which made Hawaii apart of the US.
Historical Significants
Is hawaii legally and lawfully a state pf the union?
The raising of the new Hawaiian flag
Citations
http://www.hawaiialive.org/standards.php?sub=9th+Grade&Subtopic=50
A synopsis of traditional Hawaiian culture. events leading to the 1887 Bayonet constitution and the overthrow of the Hawaiian government - By Lilikala Kame'eleihiwa