1. Unit 5 – Ua Mau Ke Ea
SLOs:
Identify the individuals in significant events in Hawai’i.
Describe the role of the U.S. in the overthrow.
Hui Aloha ‘Aina o Ka Lei Maile Ali’i
Ku’e Anti-Annexation Petitions of 1897 on youtube

2. Dr. David Keanu Sai, PhD Author of the book Ua Mau Ke Ea
Hawaiian Kingdom
occupation
Acting Minister of the Interior Hawaiian Kingdom
Blog at

3. Kauikeaouli (Kamehameha III)
Son of Kamehameha I and Keopuolani
Brother of Liholiho
Brother / spouse of Nahi’ena’ena and Kalama
Constitution of 1840
“He aupuni palapala ko’u”
Mahele of 1848
(1813 – 1854)

4. Skipping Over to the Reign of Kalakaua
Son of Caesar Kapaʻakea & Analea Keohokālole
Famous Siblings – Nā Lani ʻEhā
Leleiohoku, Likelike, Liliʻuokalani
After Lunalilo, the first elected king, died, Kalakaua was elected king.
Pro-Hawaiian National
Cultivated traditional arts: hula, medicine, genealogy
Legacy is ʻIolani Palace & Kapiʻolani Hospital.
Bayonet Constitution & Reciprocity Treaty
(1836 – 1891)

5. Bayonet Constitution of 1887
Businessmen/annexationists forced Kalakaua to sign the Constitution of 1887
Removed king’s executive power & disenfranchised ethnic Hawaiian
Increased power for white male Americans
Hawaiian League =
anti-monarchists &
annexationists
Power Shifts
King & Hawaiians
Hawaiian League

6. Reciprocity Treaty of 1875 United States Kingdom of Hawaii
Acquired Pu’uloa (Pearl Harbor)
Some U.S. products enter Hawai’i market tax free
Increased investment in Hawai’i sugar plantations
Hawai’i sugar enter U.S. market tax-free

7. Queen Liliʻuokalani Became queen after her brother died
Hawaiians petition her
Compelled to change the Constitution of 1887 back to the previous one
Surrendered to the U.S.
to avoid bloodshed
Against the annexation of Hawaiʻi to the U.S.

8. Annexationists Supported annexation of Hawaiʻi to the U.S.
All male haole group, also known as Hawaiian League, Annexation Club, Committee of Safety, & Honolulu Rifles

9. Act of War Annexationist
John L. Stevens (U.S. Minister)
supported Manifest Destiny
wrote false letter requesting U.S. military intervention
pro-annexation
conspired with Hawaiian League to overthrow the Hawaiian monarchy
Recognized the new Provisional government

10. Lorrin Thurston Sanford B. Dole Descendants of missionaries
lawyer & newspaper publisher
attended Punahou (known as Oahu College)
annexationist
member of the Hawaiian League
Conspired for the overthrow
Tried to negotiate for American annexation

11. Video Terms & Historical Figures
Chapter 6
King David Kalakaua
Bayonet Constitution 1887
Hawaiian League
Hawaiian Resistance *
Chapter 7
Committee of Safety
John L. Stevens
Queen Liliʻuokalani
Provisional Government
President Grover Cleveland *
James Blount & Report
Annexation & Political Cartoons
Kūʻē Petitions

12. Hawaiian Resistance – Robert Wilcox
Hui Kālaiʻāina (Hawaiian Political Association)
Liberal Patriotic Association
Plotted several revolutions:
Replace King Kalakaua with his sister
Counter-revolution to restore Liliʻuokalani
Anti-annexation party – Home Rule Party
Served as a delegate to Congress from 1900 – 1903
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Robert Kalanihiapo Wilcox

13. President Grover Cleveland
Received Queen Liliʻuokalani’s protest
Withdrew annexation treaty
Sent James Blount to investigate
Told the Provisional Government to restore Liliʻuokalani

14. James Blount Read the Excerpt
U.S. Representative from Georgia
Sent by Pres. Cleveland to investigate the overthrow
The Blount Report
U.S. intervention as an act of war
Recommended restoration of Liliʻuokalani

15. “Another Shotgun Wedding”
Examples of Annexation propaganda
“Another Shotgun Wedding”

16. School Begins Puck, New York City, Jan. 25, 1899

17. Kūʻē Petitions Opposition to the Annexation

18. Dr. Noenoe Silva, PhD Raised in California
Found the 1897 Kuʻe Petitions in the Library of Congress
Re-wrote Hawaiian history
Native Hawaiians protested over the annexation

19. Haʻina
SLOs:
Identify the individuals in significant events in Hawai’i.
Describe the role of the U.S. in the overthrow.
Watch Jamaica Osorio perform 1893.