On January 17, 1893, an insurgency led by a group of American and European businessmen, and backed by U.S. Marines, announced the overthrow of Hawaii’s Queen Liliʻuokalani. The queen had been resisting the efforts of pro-business elites to pave the way for annexation by the U.S., and was attempting to restore voting rights to the majority of Hawaiians who had been disenfranchised six years earlier by a constitution forced on Liliʻuokalani’s brother. In the wake of the successful coup, businessman Sanford Dole was declared president of the Republic of Hawaii. His government’s campaign in favor of annexation was rebuffed by President Grover Cleveland, but in 1898, Cleveland’s successor William McKinley signed a joint resolution of Congress declaring Hawaii to be a U.S. territory. Ninety-five years later, Congress would issue another resolution apologizing for the U.S. role in the overthrow of Queen Liliʻuokalani. https://www.bunkhistory.org/tags/places/hawaii
On January 17, 1893, an insurgency led by a group of American and European businessmen, and backed by U.S. Marines, announced the overthrow of Hawaii’s Queen Liliʻuokalani. The queen had been resisting the efforts of pro-business elites to pave the way for annexation by the U.S., and was attempting to restore voting rights to the majority of Hawaiians who had been disenfranchised six years earlier by a constitution forced on Liliʻuokalani’s brother. In the wake of the successful coup, businessman Sanford Dole was declared president of the Republic of Hawaii. His government’s campaign in favor of annexation was rebuffed by President Grover Cleveland, but in 1898, Cleveland’s successor William McKinley signed a joint resolution of Congress declaring Hawaii to be a U.S. territory. Ninety-five years later, Congress would issue another resolution <https://hnn.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=191ccdd6c73c5afeafd52cfb8&id=52a8614f6c&e=5ad0217db7> apologizing for the U.S. role in the overthrow of Queen Liliʻuokalani. https://www.bunkhistory.org/tags/places/hawaii -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#34679): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/34679 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/110676630/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: marxmail+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
