AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
AMERICAN IMPERIALISM
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Question
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She was not liked by her subjects
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She tried to limit the influence of foreigners
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She tried to make the monarch too powerful
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She tried to give better treatment to native Hawaiians
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Detailed explanation-1: -The precipitating event leading to the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom on January 17, 1893, was the attempt by Queen Liliʻuokalani to promulgate a new constitution that would have strengthened the power of the monarch relative to the legislature, where Euro-American business elites held disproportionate power.
Detailed explanation-2: -Source: Honolulu Star-Bulletin. On Jan. 17, 1893, Queen Lili‘uokalani of the independent kingdom of Hawai‘i was overthrown as she was arrested at gunpoint by U.S. Marines. American businessmen, particularly sugar plantation owners, led by Lorrin Thurston, had supported annexation of the islands to the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -She stated that her throne had been taken illegally, and that any U.S. efforts to annex Hawaii without the due process of law would be unacceptable. As a territory, Hawaii had little power in the U.S. government, holding only one, non-voting representative in the House of Representatives.
Detailed explanation-4: -Attempts were made to restore the monarchy and oppose annexation, but with the outbreak of the Spanish–American War, the United States annexed Hawaiʻi. Living out the remainder of her later life as a private citizen, Liliʻuokalani died at her residence, Washington Place, in Honolulu on November 11, 1917.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.