1872, an important thing happened in Hawaii: the Hawaiian dynasty suppressed Catholics; The king of Hawaii did not appoint an heir before his death, so there was a king's election, and then the people's government had a house.
1887, American and British business groups that have been doing business in Hawaii for many years, both of whom are members of the Higher People's Government of Hawaii, participated in forcing the king to sign a new constitution and give up the monarchy. It also deprived the king of the executive power and all Asians of the right to vote. King Kalākaua of Hawaii died in 189 1, and his sister succeeded in becoming king, but was deposed in 1893.
The coup also took place with the support of American and British business groups and the people's government, and threatened the Queen to abolish the Constitution. The people's government passed again, and a new provisional people's government was established, and the Republic of Hawaii was established.
1896, william mckinley won the victory of the president of the United States, and the issue of the merger of Hawaii and the United States was raised again. Grover Cleveland, the last president of the United States, was a good friend of Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii. He opposed Hawaii's integration into the United States until the end of his term.
President McKinley was persuaded by territorial expansionists to meet with representatives of the Hawaii American Integration Committee. After discussion,1In June, 897, President McKinley signed an agreement on Hawaii's entry into the United States, which was submitted to the United States Senate and approved.
This merger was opposed by Hawaiian indigenous writers and some non-indigenous people, who obtained about 22,000 signatures. Despite some objections, the resolution was passed by1898,209 votes to 9 1 in the Hawaiian House of Representatives on June 5.
On July 6 of the same year, the Senate passed the merger with the United States by 42 votes to 2 1, although it was legal in law. Until March 1959, the parliaments of the two sides merged and President Eisenhower signed the document, which officially became a legal document.
On June 27th of the same year, Hawaiian residents exercised the right to vote in the United States and enjoyed other rights. On August 2 1 of the same year, church bells began to ring in the Hawaiian islands, and the fiftieth state of the United States began a new history.
Early history of Hawaii:
The word "Hawaii" comes from Polynesian. Around the 4th century AD, a group of Polynesians crossed the waves in canoes and settled here. They named the island Hawaii, which means "primitive home".
1778 European navigator Cook first discovered the Hawaiian Islands. 1795, Hawaiian Chief Kamehameha unified the whole Hawaiian Islands and called himself King Kamehameha I of Hawaii. At this time, the European navigator Cook just landed in Oahu, Hawaii.
18 18 Kamehameha I painted the flag of the kingdom of Hawaii as a British-style flag because he envied the pattern of the British flag, which is also the origin of the Hawaiian flag today. 18 19 Kamehameha I died and Kamehameha II ascended the throne.
1840, the Hawaiian government changed the original kingdom system into a constitutional monarchy. 1843, the British government publicly declared that Britain has sovereignty over Hawaii. 1849, the French government claimed to have occupied Hawaii and owned part of its sovereignty, but this claim caused dissatisfaction among Hawaiian residents at that time.