Hawaii Statehood Project Mr. Travis Nakayama Modern History of Hawaii Overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy Hawaiians Fight Back and Win! U.S. Expansion Resources Overview waiiStatehood.jpg
U.S. Interest in Hawaii Overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy Hawaiians Fight Back and Win! U.S. Expansion Material taken from Langlas, 2009 Overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy Hawaiians Fight Back and Win! U.S. Expansion Resources Overview
Overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy Bayonet Constitution Forced Kalakaua to sign new constitution in 1887 Allowed foreigners (Americans) to control legislature. Kalakaua dies in Liliuokalani’s 1893 Constitution Limited foreigners from voting. Gave land rights back to Hawaiians. Plantation owners start the Annexation Club. Overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarch Annexation Club removed Liliuokalani from power with threat of force. Liliuokalani surrenders without any conflict. Provisional Government declared. Overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy Hawaiians Fight Back and Win! U.S. Expansion Resources Overview Langlas, 2009
Hawaiians Fight Back and Win! Hawaiian Nationalist Groups Emerge Hui Kalaiaina and Hui Aloha Aina Raise money for Queen Liliuokalani to travel to Washington, D.C. to testify in Kingdom Petitions 38,000 out of 40,000 signatures against provisional government from people in Hawaii, including foreigners in Hawaiian Sovereignty Restored Congressman Blount sent to Hawaii to investigate in 1893 by order of President Cleveland. Blount determines that strong injustice has been done to Hawaiian Kingdom. Cleveland reinstates sovereignty to the Hawaiian Kingdom. Overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy Hawaiians Fight Back and Win! U.S. Expansion Resources Overview _image1.jpg Langlas, 2009
U.S. Expansion President McKinley and U.S. Military U.S. interested in moving borders further west. Hawaii ideal location for agriculture industries. Sugarcane and pineapple. Hawaii ideal location for military occupation. Gives U.S. stronghold in the Pacific. 1896: McKinley overthrows Hawaiian Kingdom Newlands Resolution signed by McKinley. Hawaii declared U.S. Territory. Langlas, 2009 Overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy Hawaiians Fight Back and Win! U.S. Expansion Resources Overview
Resources Langlas, C. (2009) Modern Hawaiian Culture [course notes] Retrieved from Laulima Website Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. (n.d.) Retrieved June 5, 2009 from Hawaiian_Kingdom Statehood Hawaii Website (2009). Retrieved on June 5, 2009 from Ly9EfHARSHEf3YbD*rxhBwt4_/HawaiiStatehood.jpg Time and Date Website (2009). Retrieved on June 5, 2009 from statehood-day.jpg Overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy Hawaiians Fight Back and Win! U.S. Expansion Resources Overview