Key Points

In 1840 the foreign policy was keep Europeans power out of Hawaii.

The sugar growers mainly whites knew that if Hawaii was annex by the U.S. the tariff problem would disappear.

1893 the planters in Hawaii staged an uprising to overthrown the queen. They also appealed to the United States armed forces for protection

The queen was forced to abdicate then the matter was left for Washington politicians to settle

Cleveland withdrew the annexation treaty from the senate and ordered an investigation into potential wrongdoings.

The Hawaii island had a well established culture and long history of self govern when James Cook a European first came to Hawaii in 1778.

Native Hawaiians showed mass protest rallies and they formed two gender designated groups to protest the overthrown and prevent annexation.

On January 5,1895 the protests took the form of an armed attempt to derail the annexation and the armed revolt was suppressed by forces of the republic.

When William was elected president of the United States he was in favor of annexation signed the treaty with Lorrin, Frances, and William Kinney.

September 11 and October 12 ,1897 two groups collected petition signatures at public meetings held on each of the 5 principle islands of Hawaii.

This petition was against the annexation. It was signed by 21,269 Hawaiian people. More than half of the 39,000 native Hawaiians and mixed people were reported by the Hawaiian commission census.

When it was annexed by the United States Hawaii was the U.S. territory until 1959 and they were admitted as the 50th state in the U.S.

The queen had planned a strategy to present to the senate this was to retrieve her thrown and go against the annexation.