Day 25. The Overthrow of Queen Lili’uokalani.

In 1893, when Queen Lili’uokalani tried to adopt a new constitution on behalf of her people, she was advised by her ministers to surrender to the United States under the threat of bloodshed.

“I Liliʻuokalani, by the Grace of God, and under the constitution of the Kingdom, Queen, do hereby solemnly protest against any and all acts done against myself and the constitutional Government of the Hawaiian Kingdom by certain persons claiming to have established a provision government of and for this Kingdom…

Then I yield to the superior force of the United States of America, whose minister plenipotentiary, His Excellence John L. Stevens, has caused United States troops to be landed at Honolulu, and declared that he would support the said provisional government…

Now, to avoid any collision of armed forces, and perhaps the loss of life, I do, under this protest and impelled by said force, yield my authority until such time as the Government of the United States shall, upon the facts being presented to it, undo the action of its representative, and reinstate me in the authority which I claim as the constitutional sovereign of the Hawaiian Islands.” -Queen Liliʻuokalani, 1893

Learn More about The Overthrow of Queen Lili’uokalani at (https://www.ksbe.edu/article/kukahekahe-the-overthrow-of-queen-liliuokalani).

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