Who were the foreign landowners in Hawaii? Where were they from? Why did many of them want to overthrow the Hawaiian government?

The Last Queen of Hawaii

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1. Who were the foreign landowners in Hawaii? Where were they from? Why did many of them want to overthrow the Hawaiian government?

2. How do you think the “Bayonet Constitution” got its name?

3. What does “annexation” mean? What was the argument of native Hawaiians against annexation?

4. Why did Liliuokalani agree to officially resign her claim to the throne? How do you think she felt in this moment?

5. Why did Indigenous Hawaiians oppose the United States’ decision to annex Hawaii, since the Hawaiian monarchy had already been overthrown?

6. Why do you think some Americans did not want to annex Hawaii?

7. Why is Hawaii’s location strategically important? How did U.S. imperialism affect foreign territories?