HISTORY
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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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: -Pro-American business interests had overthrown the Queen when she rejected constitutional limits on her powers. The new government realized that Hawaii was too small and militarily weak to survive in a world of aggressive imperialism, especially on the part of Japan. It was eager for American annexation.
Detailed explanation-2: -Between 1893 and 1898, Lili’uokalani and her fellow Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiians) mobilized against US annexation of Hawai’i through political parties, in the press, and with petitions. They also sent delegations to Washington, DC.
Detailed explanation-3: -After her overthrow by American businessmen, Queen Liliokalani was arrested by the provisional U.S.-led government and placed under house arrest. Liliokalani was marched from her private residence to Lolani Palace, where she was locked in a bedroom suite and kept captive for months.
Detailed explanation-4: -In January 1893, a revolutionary “Committee of Safety, ‘’ organized by Sanford B. Dole, staged a coup against Queen Liliuokalani with the tacit support of the United States. On February 1, Minister John Stevens recognized Dole’s new government on his own authority and proclaimed Hawaii a U.S. protectorate.
Detailed explanation-5: -To avoid bloodshed, Liliʻuokalani surrendered to the militia. Soon after the coup, Grover Cleveland, an anti-imperialist, became president of the United States.