Transcript The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom

Overthrow of the
Hawaiian Kingdom
KEY FIGURES
(IMPORTANT PEOPLE)
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Vocabulary
 Monarch: A royal leader (King or Queen)
 Annexation: The joining of one thing to
another, usually countries or pieces of land
 Treason: Crimes against the government
 Ambassador: an authorized representative or
messenger from one government to another
 Isolationism: A belief that the United States
should not interfere in world affairs
 Hawaiian Nationalism: A belief in Hawaiian
independence and proud cultural heritage
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King David Kalākaua
 Signed original
Reciprocity Treaty
 Forced to sign
Bayonet Constitution
 Powerless to stop
Reciprocity extension
 Suffered from
Alcoholism
 Supporter of Native
Hawaiian Rights
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King David Kalākaua
 Encouraged the
resurgence of
Hawaiian Culture
including the hula
 Built ‘Iolani Palace in
downtown Honolulu
 Nicknamed the
“Merrie Monarch”
 Promoted Hawaiian
Nationalism
 Hawai'i’s Last KING
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Queen Lili'uokalani
 Hawai'i’s last Monarch
 Believed the Hawaiian
people needed a voice
 Disliked the Bayonet
Constitution
 Tried to write a new
constitution which
restored her veto power
and gave back voting
rights to poor Hawaiians
and Asian immigrants
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Queen Lili'uokalani
 Was accused of treason
after the Overthrow
and placed under
house arrest in ‘Iolani
Palace
 Traveled to U.S. to
protest overthrow of
Hawaiian Kingdom
 Talented composer,
poet and writer
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Lorrin Thurston
 Grandson of
Missionaries
 Wrote the Bayonet
Constitution
 Head of the Hawaiian
League, and Honolulu
Rifles
 Member of Committee
of Safety
 At one time - he was
an advisor to King
Kalākaua
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Lorrin Thurston
 Was in favor of
annexation to the United
States
 Founded the Honolulu
Rifles militia
 Founded the Honolulu
Advertiser (Newspaper)
 Was, in many ways, the
mastermind of the
Overthrow
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John Stevens
 United States Department
of State Ambassador to
Hawai'i during time of the
Overthrow
 Worried about Queen
Lili'uokalani’s desire for a
new constitution
 He asked that the U.S.S.
Boston -a U.S. warshipbe permanently stationed
in Pearl Harbor.
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John Stevens
 He ordered Marines
from the U.S.S.
Boston -stationed in
Pearl Harbor- to
come ashore in 1893
(this was one of the
most crucial
moments of the
overthrow of the
Hawaiian Kingdom)
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Sanford Dole
 Friends with Lorrin
Thurston
 The grandchild of
Missionaries
 Member of the Hawaiian
League and Committee
of Safety
 Cousin of James Dole
(founder of Dole
Pineapple Company)
 Great Beard
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Sanford Dole
 Involved in 1887 push
for the signing of the
Bayonet Constitution
 Believed the
monarchy was corrupt
 After the Overthrow
he was sworn in as
1st President of the
Republic of Hawai'i
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James Blount
 Congressmen from
Georgia
 Officer in Civil War
(Confederacy)
 Asked by President
Cleveland to go to
Hawai'i, and
investigate the
Overthrow of the
Hawaiian Kingdom
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James Blount
 Blount Report - name for
the findings of his
investigation
 He found the overthrow
was conducted immorally
and blamed John Stevens
for it.
 He therefore was against
annexation of Hawai'i to
the United States
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President Grover Cleveland
 22nd and 24th President
of the United States of
America
 Only President in history
to serve two nonconsecutive terms
 Democrat
 Asked James Blount to
investigate circumstances
of the Overthrow of the
Hawaiian Kingdom
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President Grover Cleveland
 As a result of Blount
Report he rejected
annexation
 Believed that the
Hawaiian people didn’t
want to be a part of the
United States
 He didn’t like the idea
of the U.S. interfering
around the world isolationist
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Princess Victoria Ka'iulani
 Queen Lili'uokalani’s
niece
 Would have been
Queen after
Lili'uokalani
 Studied in England at
in years leading up to
the overthrow.
 Her father was
Scottish
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Princess Victoria Ka'iulani
 Spoke before the U.S.
congress to protest
the overthrow and ask
for help to reinstate
the monarchy
 Helped to stop
annexation of Hawai'i
to the U.S. during
Cleveland’s term as
President
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Robert W. Kalanihiapo Wilcox
 He believed the
Hawaiian people
needed to use all
means necessary to
reclaim their rights
and Kingdom.
 After the overthrow,
he was asked by
Lili'uokalani’s advisors
to help reinstate her
as Queen using force if
necessary
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Robert W. Kalanihiapo Wilcox
 He was involved in a
small battle between
and his followers and
Republic of Hawai'i
forces at Mānoa.
 Wilcox’s men lost
 Wilcox was convicted
of treason and
sentenced to death,
but later pardoned.
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President William McKinley
 25th President of the
United States of
America
 Republican
 Believed in American
expansionism
 Favored annexation
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President William McKinley
 In 1898 he signed the
act of congress into
law which made
Hawai'i a United States
Territory
 There was a formal
ceremony at ‘Iolani
Palace when the
Hawaiian Flag was
taken down and
replaced with the U.S.
Flag
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