Wherever Vi is......I atribute the above to our shitty schools.
For someone that has so many ties its a shame you don't know the history as well as you should.
In 1893, Queen Liliuokalani announced plans to establish a new constitution that would have replaced the so-called
"Bayonet Constitution" that was established during the reign of
King Kalakaua by American and European residents under threat of violence. The new constitution would have restored much power to the monarchy, but this was opposed by (mainly foreign) business elites. On January 14, 1893, a group of American and Europeans formed a
Committee of Safety in opposition to the Queen, and seized control of government. United States Government Minister
John L. Stevens, responding to a request from the Committee of Safety expressing concern about possible violence directed against American citizens, summoned a company of uniformed U.S. Marines to come ashore to enforce neutrality. As one historian noted, the presence of these troops effectively made it impossible for the monarchy to protect itself.
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The overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani was successful and the monarchy ended in January 1893. It was replaced by a Provisional Government composed of members of the Committee of Safety. There was much controversy in the following years as the queen tried to regain her throne. The administration of President
Grover Cleveland commissioned the
Blount Report, which concluded that the overthrow of Lili
ʻuokalani was illegal. The U.S. Government first demanded that Queen Lili
ʻuokalani be reinstated, but the Provisional Government refused. Congress responded to Cleveland's referral with another investigation, and submitted the
Morgan Report by the U.S. Senate on February 26, 1894, which found all parties (including Minister Stevens) with the exception of the queen "not guilty" from any responsibility for the overthrow.
[17] The accuracy and impartiality of both the Blount and Morgan reports has been questioned by partisans on both sides of the historical debate over the events of 1893.
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In 1993, a joint
Apology Resolution regarding the overthrow was passed by Congress and signed by President Clinton, apologizing for the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom
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