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Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii
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Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii:
Traditional Adoption
Liliuokalani was the daughter of high ranking Hawaiian chiefs
Caesar Kapaakea and Analea Keohokalole, the third of 15 children.
At her birth she became the adopted child of chiefs Laura Konia and
Abner Paki. Her adoption complied with the Hawaiian tradition called
"Hanai" in which children were raised in other high ranking families
to strengthen ties between Hawaiian nobility.
Queen Liliuokalani: Her Brother was
King Kalakaua
Her brother was elected as King Kalakuaua in 1874 and he
named Liliuokalani as heir to the Hawaiian throne. She was the Crown
Princess for nearly 20 years. She ascended to power in 1891 after
the death of King Kalakaua.
Queen Liliuokalani for kids: Plans for a New
Constitution
Queen Liliuokalani worked hard to
institute a new Constitution to restore power to the monarchy and
limit the voting rights to the people of Hawaii.
Queen Liliuokalani for kids:
The Coup d'état
Foreign investors and businessmen
were concerned the proposed changes would have a
negative effect on their financial interests in the
Hawaiian Islands and mounted an unofficial coup d'état
(illegal seizure of government). Queen Liliuokalani was
deposed on January 17, 1893.
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Fact 1: Hawaii had long attracted the
interest of American businessmen. A treaty was made in
1849 between Hawaii and the United States, which
provided for commerce and another treaty in 1875 saw
increased activity in the sugar market.
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Fact 2: The highly lucrative sugar industry
was almost completely in the hands of foreigners and
their power in Hawaii was growing rapidly.
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Fact 3: King Kalakaua disliked the hold that
foreigners had in Hawaii and joined with the Hawaiian
Legislature and the native people of Hawaii in its cry
of "Hawaii for the Hawaiians."
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Fact 4: King Kalakaua, a weak and ineffectual
king, was no match for the powerful foreigners. They
gained additional control in 1887 and an organization
called the Hawaiian League was formed.
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Fact 5: Cabinet members Lorrin A. Thurston
(Interior Minister of Hawaii) and William Lowthian Green
(Minister of Finance) and supported by lawyer Sanford
B. Dole these powerful men formed the 'Hawaiian League'.
The The Hawaiian League was backed by the 'Honolulu
Rifles', a volunteer military company composed solely
Non Hawaiians
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Fact 6: Lorrin A. Thurston the leader of
the 'Hawaiian League', later adopted the title 'Committee of Safety',
and planned to
make Hawaii a territory of the United States.
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Fact 7: In 1890 the
McKinley Tariff was
passed, which raised import rates on foreign sugar.
Hawaiian sugar planters were undersold in the American
market and an economic depression swept the islands. The
sugar growers, mostly white American businessmen, knew
that if Hawaii were to be annexed by the United States,
the tariff problem would disappear as Hawaii would no
longer be a foreign country.
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Fact 8: The Hawaiian League forced King Kalakaua to
sign a new Constitution which decreased the power of the
monarchy, wealthy foreign residents in Hawaii were
granted the right to vote and closer relations were
established with the United States of America. This new
constitution became known as the "Bayonet Constitution"
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Fact 9: In 1891, King Kalakaua was in San
Francisco to sign a new treaty with the United
States when he suddenly died. His sister, Liliuokalani,
succeeded him as queen. Queen Liliuokalani ascended the
throne on January 29, 1891.
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Fact 10: She shared similar views to her
brother, disliked the power and influence of foreigners
and resented that control had been taken away from the
monarchy.
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Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii
for kids:
The Annexation of Hawaii
The biography of Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii
and the Annexation of Hawaii provides interesting facts and
important information about this important event that occured during the presidency of the 23rd President of the United States of America.
Queen Liliuokalani Facts for kids: The Annexation of Hawaii
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Fact 11: In January, 1893 she seized the
opportunity to re-take control of Hawaii by summoning
the Legislature and attempting to institute a new
revised Hawaiian Constitution.
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Fact 12: The Queen's constitution proposed to
restore the privileges and authority of the monarchy and
remove the right to vote from the white residents of
Hawaii.
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Fact 13: The radical attitude and policies of
the Queen caused great alarm. She was thoroughly
distrusted by the white residents who believed that, if
she was not curbed, not only their financial investments
but their very lives would be at risk
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Fact 14: The American residents of Hawaii
appealed for protection to the United States warship the
'Boston', which was lying in the harbor of Honolulu.
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Fact 15: The commander of the 'Boston'
responded to their appeal and landed a company of
marines with the assurance that no attempt would be made
to interfere with their rights
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Fact 16: The Governor of Hawaii and the
queen's minister of foreign affairs strongly protested
against the presence of the US Marines and threatened
members of the 'Committee of Safety'
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Fact 17: The committee’s militia joined the
162 U.S. Marines and Navy sailors and were ordered by
John L. Stevens, U.S. Minister to Hawaii, to protect the Committee of Safety.
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Fact 18: The Committee of Safety led an
unofficial coup d'état and established a provisional
government headed by Sanford B. Dole.
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Fact 19: The monarchy was declared overthrown
and Queen Liliuokalani was deposed on January 17, 1893.
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Fact 20: Although President Harrison did not
sanction the coup he authorized the presence of troops
in Hawaii to protect the lives and property of
Americans.
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Fact 21: By 28 January, 1893 President
Harrison negotiated a Treaty of Annexation. The Treaty
of Annexation provided that the government of Hawaii
should remain as it was, the supreme power to be vested
in a commissioner of the United States, with the right
to veto any of the acts of the local government. The
public debt was to be assumed by the United States of
America.
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Fact 22: Liliuokalani was to be pensioned at
the rate of $20,000 a year.
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Fact 23: Grover Cleveland became president on
March 4, 1893 and opposed the provisional government
headed by Sanford B. Dole. Cleveland withdrew the
annexation treaty and called for Queen Liliuokalani to
be restored to power. The Committee of Safety refused to
cede power in Hawaii and discussion continued for nearly
one year
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Fact 24: On February 1, 1894, the government
was formally placed under the protectorate of the United
States, and the American flag was hoisted over the
government building by a party of US marines.
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Fact 25: The Committee of Safety realized
Cleveland would not change his mind on the Annexation of
Hawaii and called a Constitutional Convention on May 30,
1894. The Constitutional Convention drafted a
constitution for a Republic of Hawaii.
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Fact 26: The Republic of Hawaii was proclaimed
on 4 July 1894. Sanford B. Dole was proclaimed President
of Hawaii, the republic's head of state and head of
government.
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Fact 27: Royalists in Hawaii boycotted the
republic and in 1895 began a coup against the republic.
The Counter-Revolution in Hawaii was led by Robert
William Wilcox and lasted just three days from January 6
to January 9, 1895
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Fact 28: The coup by the Hawaiians failed and
Queen Liliuokalani was arrested on January 16, 1895 for
her alleged role in the coup. She was convicted of
treason and confined to Iolani Palace and later in the
Hawaiian palace known as Washington Place, .
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Fact 29: During her confinement she composed
many musical works and wrote a book called "Hawaii's
Story by Hawaii's Queen".
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Fact 30: She composed over 150 songs,
including the song "Aloha Oe" which means "farewell to
thee"
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Fact 31: Whilst under house arrest, the queen
agreed to formally abdicate and dissolve the monarchy,
in return for her release.
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Fact 32: In 1896, the Republic of Hawaii
granted her a full pardon and restored her civil rights.
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Fact 33: When William McKinley was inaugurated
as president of the United States on March 4, 1897, the
Republic of Hawaii resumed negotiations for annexation
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Fact 34: In 1898, the United States annexed
Hawaii
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Fact 35: In 1910, she brought an unsuccessful
lawsuit against the United States seeking compensation
for the loss of the Hawaiian crown land.
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Fact 36: She lived in the Washington Place
palace until her death on November 11, 1917, following a
stroke.
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Fact 37: A statue was erected in her memory on
the grounds of the State Capital in Honolulu.
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