The Overthrow of Hawaiian Monarchy
Hawaii can not stand on their own...
No "Native's Rights"
Hawaiian Homes Commission Act 1920
- 200,000 acres of land
- 6,000 Native Hawaiians
- 22,000 remain on waiting list
- 30,000 died
To inform my peers about the impact of the overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy, so then they could reflect how one's selfishness can impact the whole community. Because I believe that my classmates can be tomorrow's leaders.
Greed for Land
- 800,000 down to 40,000 Polynesians
- free land: 1.8 Million acre of ceded lands
- “Envision La'ie”
Lost Culture
- 60% of the animal and plant species in Hawaii are considered endangered
- diverse language
- almost gone: Hawaiian Sign Language
Overthrow of The Hawaiian Monarchy
January 17, 1893
- Unsatisfied businessmen and Plantation workers
Queen Lili`uokalani
Bayonet Constitution
- 1887
- king: less power
- cabinet: more power
- new: non-citizens & whites
- restricting access for native Hawaiians on land owning.
- First Queen: January 1891
- new constitution on January 14, 1893
- postponed
- Annexation club
- forced to abdicate
by: Mariel Navarro
Hawaiian League
- 1887
- goal: demand and reform government
- less power of King Kalakaua