USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On the Hawaiian Islands, a group of American sugar planters under Sanford Ballard Dole overthrow Queen Liliuokalani, the Hawaiian monarch, and establish a new provincial government with Dole as president.

Detailed explanation-2: -Defying U.S. President Grover Cleveland, their ultimate goal was to overthrow Queen Lili’uokalani and seek annexation of the Hawaiian Islands by the United States.

Detailed explanation-3: -When Queen Liliuokalani moved to establish a stronger monarchy, Americans under the leadership of Samuel Dole deposed her in 1893. The planters’ belief that a coup and annexation by the United States would remove the threat of a devastating tariff on their sugar also spurred them to action.

Detailed explanation-4: -On the basis of Blount’s report, President Cleveland dismissed Stevens and began to secretly work towards the restoration of Liliʻuokalani and the constitutional monarchy, conditional upon amnesty to those responsible for the overthrow.