WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Queen Lili’uokalani was the last sovereign of Hawai’i. Many continue to admire Lili’uokalani for her resolute and peaceful resistance to the US businessmen who ended her reign and to the United States’ annexation of Hawai’i during the 1890s.

Detailed explanation-2: -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: -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-4: -Presidential Investigation of the Overthrow of the Hawaiian Government. On January 16, 1893, United States troops invaded the Hawaiian Kingdom without just cause, which led to a conditional surrender by the Hawaiian Kingdom’s executive monarch, Her Majesty Queen Lili’uokalani, the following day.