Overview Overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy Hawaii Statehood

Overview Overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy Hawaii Statehood Project Mr. Travis Nakayama Modern History of Hawaiians Fight Back and Win! U. S. Expansion Resources http: //api. ning. com/files/Uu. Vn. Js 47 s 1 Rzv 4 D 9 nth. Ly 9 Ef. HARSHEf 3 Yb. D*rxh. Bwt 4_/Ha waii. Statehood. jpg

Overview Overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy Hawaiians Fight Back and Win! U. S. Interest in Hawaii Overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy Hawaiians Fight Back and Win! U. S. Expansion Material taken from Langlas, 2009 U. S. Expansion Resources http: //www. timeanddate. com/gfx/stock/hawaii-statehood-day. jpg

Overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy Overview Bayonet Constitution Forced Kalakaua to sign new constitution in 1887 Allowed foreigners (Americans) to control legislature. Kalakaua dies in 1891. Overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy Hawaiians Fight Back and Win! U. S. Expansion Liliuokalani’s 1893 Constitution Overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarch Resources Limited foreigners from voting. Gave land rights back to Hawaiians. Plantation owners start the Annexation Club removed Liliuokalani from power with threat of force. Liliuokalani surrenders without any conflict. Provisional Government declared. Langlas, 2009 http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/File: Ustroopshawaiirevolution. jpg

Hawaiians Fight Back and Win! Overview Hawaiian Nationalist Groups Emerge Hui Kalaiaina and Hui Aloha Aina Raise money for Queen Liliuokalani to travel to Washington, D. C. to testify in 1893. Overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy Kingdom Petitions Hawaiians Fight Back and Win! U. S. Expansion Resources 38, 000 out of 40, 000 signatures against provisional government from people in Hawaii, including foreigners in 1893. 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. Langlas, 2009 http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/File: Hawaii_petition_against_annexation _image 1. jpg

Overview Overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy Hawaiians Fight Back and Win! U. S. Expansion President Mc. Kinley 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: Mc. Kinley overthrows Hawaiian Kingdom Newlands Resolution signed by Mc. Kinley. Hawaii declared U. S. Territory. Langlas, 2009 Resources http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/File: Annexation_of_hawaii. jpg

Overview Overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy Hawaiians Fight Back and Win! U. S. Expansion Resources Langlas, C. (2009) Modern Hawaiian Culture [course notes] Retrieved from Laulima Website www. laulima. hawaii. edu Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. (n. d. ) Retrieved June 5, 2009 from http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Overthrow_of_the_Hawaiia n_Kingdom Statehood Hawaii Website (2009). Retrieved on June 5, 2009 from http: //api. ning. com/files/Uu. Vn. Js 47 s 1 Rzv 4 D 9 nth. Ly 9 Ef HARSHEf 3 Yb. D*rxh. Bwt 4_/Hawaii. Statehood. jpg Time and Date Website (2009). Retrieved on June 5, 2009 from http: //www. timeanddate. com/gfx/stock/hawaiistatehood-day. jpg