17 January 1893
Colonial interventionBook sources
The Hawaiian monarchy is overthrown with United States involvement
Hawaiʻi
A group opposing Queen Liliʻuokalani overthrew the Hawaiian monarchy after U.S. troops landed in Honolulu. The Cleveland administration’s subsequent investigation faulted the U.S. minister’s support for the overthrow.
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Context / qualification
This dates the overthrow, not U.S. annexation in 1898. The cited diplomatic account records the Cleveland administration’s findings; a change imposed on the kingdom did not establish Native Hawaiian consent.
Sources
- Howard Zinn, A People’s History of the United States, chapter 12, pp. 298–300; supplied print pages, edition/year unidentified
- U.S. Department of State: 1893 diplomatic account of the Hawaiian overthrow ↗