The Overthrow of The Hawaiian Kingdom

By iwaxlani

  • Coronation of David Kalakaua

    Coronation of David Kalakaua
    On February 12th, Hawaiโ€™i crowned their new king, ๐ƒ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐Š๐š๐ฅฤ๐ค๐š๐ฎ๐š.

  • Annexation Club

    Annexation Club
    ๐‹๐ข๐ฅ๐ข'๐ฎ๐จ๐ค๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ข replaced her cabinet members with native Hawaiians and the Americans were threatened by this so in turn, they created the Annexation club, which was led by ๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง.

  • The Bayonet Constitution

    The Bayonet Constitution
    The ๐‡๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ข๐ข๐š๐ง ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ ๐ฎ๐ž, which consists of American businessmen, politicians, and marine, coerced ๐Š๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Š๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ค๐š๐ฎ๐š to sign a treaty giving them exclusive rights to Pearl Harbor. Also stripping the monarchy of its influential power.

  • Death of King Kalakaua

    Death of King Kalakaua
    ๐Š๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ค๐š๐ฎ๐š passed away due to a stroke on January 20th, during his visit to San Francisco.

  • Coronation of Liliโ€™uokalani

    Coronation of Liliโ€™uokalani
    ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐‹๐ข๐ฅ๐ข'๐ฎ๐จ๐ค๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ข ascended to the throne soon after her late brotherโ€™s passing.

  • New Constitution

    New Constitution
    Hawaiian citizens demanded a new constitution, in turn ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐‹๐ข๐ฅ๐ข'๐ฎ๐จ๐ค๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ข created Hawaii's new constitution. Incorporating more Hawaiian values and traditions into Hawaiiโ€™s government.

  • Benjaminโ€™s Support

    Benjaminโ€™s Support
    ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ง๐ฃ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ง ๐‡๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง recognizes and acknowledges Hawaiโ€™i as an independent country.

  • New committee

    New committee
    After word of ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐‹๐ข๐ฅ๐ข'๐ฎ๐จ๐ค๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ข's new constitution got out to the Annexation Club, they immediately sprung into action. Forming ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ.

  • Request for Annexation

    Request for Annexation
    ๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง travels to Washington to confirm ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‡๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง's support of annexing Hawaiโ€™i. Harrison is all in favor.

  • Clevelandโ€™s Actions

    Clevelandโ€™s Actions
    After the end of ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‡๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง's term, newly elected ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ shares his views about Hawaiโ€™i. He sends ๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ to investigate the revolution.

  • Marine Offense

    Marine Offense
    Using the help of ๐”.๐’. ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ, ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ coerces ๐‹๐ข๐ฅ๐ขโ€™๐ฎ๐จ๐ค๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ข into abdicating the throne.

  • The Overthrow

    The Overthrow
    After the request for annexation was reviewed by the senate, U.S. military surrounds โ€˜Iolani Palace with cannons. Forcing ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐‹๐ข๐ฅ๐ข'๐ฎ๐จ๐ค๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ข to abdicate the throne.