Queen Lili’uokalani

King David
Bayonet constitution
Provisional government
Sanford dole
President Cleveland
McKinley
Clinton

First and only woman to rule as queen in Hawaii

First time America took over soverigen nation - Hawaii
After over through queen was arrested
Kept captive for months
Countries fought over control over Hawaii - Britain, US, Japan
Suppression of the teaching of Hawaiian languages
Composed Hawaiian hymns and most known song from Hawaii
Music was the way for her to speak directly to her people
Raised money to build hospital to combat non native desieas.
Found bank for women
Younger brother became king (David)
White businessmen gained economic power because her brother’s cabinet was lled with corrupt
buisnessmen
They made him sign constitution lessening power, and taking non land owning natives Vote
Brother died, so she took the thorn
Attempted to overturn the constitution
The white buisnessmen were plotting to overthroigh
They spread propaganda in US about how bad she was (smear campaign)
Us marines March into Hawaii and within 48 hours overthrow her (1893) led by Sanford Dole
Her guards were willing to ght, she said stand down, because she wanted to preserve the people
of Hawaii, because her people were going extinct (85% of pop had been lost)
She travels to the US to ask for her power back
Pres Cleveland agreed she should be reinstated, Congress rejected it
A buisnessman declared himself pres of Hawaii and put Queen under house arrest
Released in 1895
Spent the rest of her life ghting for Hawaiians
Sued the US to get royal land back that they seized, unsuccessful
Clinton published an apology and acknowledged it was wrong

First and only woman to rule as queen in Hawaii

Her guards were willing to ght the US Marines when they staged a coup, but she said stand down,
because she wanted to preserve the people of Hawaii, because her people were going extinct (85%
of pop had been lost because of foreign illness)