Queen Liliuokalani wrote a letter, titled, “Queen Liliuokalani’s Letter of Protest to Mckinley” she writes that she believes that the treaty that the United States is trying to carry out to take over Hawaii is an injustice, since it goes against many of Hawaii’s civil rights. The letter was written, while The United States was in the Spanish-American War. The United States was attempting to take over Hawaii, just to look stronger to the Spanish. In her letter, Queen Liliuokalani discusses the treaty that the president of America is trying to carry out. America threatens to blow up Hawaii, if the Queen does not give up her power to America. One example that demonstrates the purpose and point of view is when the author states, “The treaty ignores
Viola Hazelberger wrote Roosevelt a letter describing how the Radio Address affected a high school student’s banking decision. This letter is started off by Viola saying, “I would like to tell you that I enjoyed the speech… I have regained faith in the banks due to your earnest beliefs (1.1 - 1.2).” When someone says they enjoyed your speech, most people will take it as a compliment. She continued saying that she regained faith in the banks due to Roosevelt’s speech. If I were Roosevelt I would feel a sense of pride knowing I can reassure people during hard times. She continues saying that she is interested in her country’s problems even though she is only a high schooler. “I firmly believe that the country is on the upward grade and I believe
According to the PBS show “Hawaii's Last Queen” the Republic Hawaii's president Sanford Dole annexed the kingdom of Hawaii to the U.S on August 12, 1898. An organization supporting annexation called the Hawaiian League led by Lorrin Thurston which took many other forms forced King Kalakaua to sign the bayonet constitution. This constitution striped the power of the monarchy and when his death came his sister Lili'uokalani ascended to the throne and her hopes were to restore power to the Hawaiians which the constitution took away. The missionary boys did not like the queens ideals so they planned to overthrow the monarchy for good which they did later on in history. The annexation was an unjust act done by a group of bisness men wanting power and Hawaii as a territory of the U.S. Although some might argue that annexation was good because it allowed trade to the U.S tariff free others oppose that it was biased because it stripped Hawaiian of their rights to vote and destroyed the Hawaiian monarchy.
The terms of the Treaty included the acknowledgement of Indian tribes’ asking for forgiveness and the English dominating Indian trade and commerce. There were other terms that included the English being able to use Indian land for recreational use and any “remedy or redress” (Calloway 174) being brought to justice based on English laws. Overall, the terms and language used in the treaty is used to place blame of past hostilities on the Indians. The English completely twisted the language in the treaty to favor the English and shows the Indian people as rebellious savages that were begging for forgiveness for King George and the English.
In a letter Abigail Adams rights to her son, John Quincy Adams, who is traveling abroad with his father, John Adams, she advises her son to take advantage of the opportunities he has to utilize his own knowledge and talents to improve his sophistication and obtain growth in expanding im his character. Abigail Adams carried a maternal tone to encourage her son along his journey throughout the letter. Adams supports her position by giving examples with pathos, analogies and allusions.
Stevens held firm beliefs about the future of Hawaii in the hands of the United States. From the start of his stay in Hawaii, Stevens made it clear whose side he was on in the political war. He would openly criticize Hawaii’s monarchy, and at times would refer to Queen Liliuokalani and her advisors as “incompetent”(2). Stevens may have not held anything against the Queen herself or any of her cabinet members, but rather degraded them simply to achieve his goals of the annexation of Hawaii, something that he considered “the only effective remedy for Hawaii’s troubles.” (2) Queen Liliuokalani naturally spoke out against the degradation of herself and her cabinet, and on behalf of her position of defending the Hawaiian Monarchy. “The U.S. Minister John Stevens was influenced by the annexationists. As a diplomat, his role was to foster a friendly, trusting relationship with the Hawaiian government. Instead, he often criticized the monarchy in public. I complained to the U.S. government about Stevens’ attitude and conduct but no action was taken.” (1)
John Adams, a United States diplomat and soon to become the second president, is now traveling with his son. In 1780, during the course of their voyage, Adams wife, Abigail, writes a letter to their son to encourage him to gain the most he can from traveling with his father. Throughout the course of Abigail Adams letter, she uses rhetorical strategies to emphasize why she is proud of her son and how he will become wiser from his adventures.
The Hawaiian Seizure The annexation of Hawaii was an important event in the history of the world. It is still not easy for the Hawaiians to accept the fact that America has taken over a land 2500 miles away from the West Coast. In 1917, Hawaii was considered the 50th state supported by the islanders after a plebiscite. Queen Lydia Kamakaeha Liliuokalani was overthrown because of the support of the United States army as well as naval forces to a group of businessmen belonging to the sugar and pineapple industry. The Armed forces of the United States were ordered to provide this support on the directives of the minister of the United States to Hawaii.
He brought the idea to the congress and many of the congressmen disagreed with the idea of annexing the Hawaiian Islands. After several weeks of discussing and disagreement they fell through and decided to annex the Hawaiian Islands. In July 1898 the United States signed a joint congressional decision to annex the Hawaiian Islands (Mckenny). Now connected to the Hawaiian Islands McKinley started an effort to build the Panama Canal (DeGregorio). Also in 1899 the United States signed a treaty with Germany and the United Kingdom. With the treaty we gained what is now part of the American Samoa (Mckenny).
Many different groups today are seeking the sovereignty of Hawaii. The reason being that these mostly Native Hawaiian groups feel that they suffered a severe injustice when they were annexed into the United States against their own free will. They feel that since they were treated like objects rather than human beings with rights and emotions, they now deserve reparations. The intentions of the different groups vary. Some only want reparations in the form of money and acknowledgements of the inhuman acts that were committed against them and others want it in the form of independence for the island. However, restoring sovereignty to Hawaii would cause great injustices toward the non-natives living on the island today. So these groups should not be granted the sovereignty they are seeking.
During the whole course of the letter, Columbus beat around the bush and was not upfront with their true intentions of the voyage. He speaks of gold, he speaks of quarreling, but whenever these subjects came up, Columbus quickly changes the subject to a lighter matter. Based on much of the fine print, much of the things that he did not realize what he was writing, and by reading in between the lines of this letter, I saw much more than what was just written. The strayed away from the fact that he was tyrannically taking over the indigenous peoples of this land, even though it was so apparent that he in fact was. Because of this information that we now know about Columbus’s tyrannical ways, was hard for me to read this letter and still believe in Columbus’s integrity as an eyewitness for describing the events on at this New World.
Dear Samson this is Royce, in good faith, who apologizes for such a sinful delay from your last letter. That letter bestowed a whole hearted warmth upon me, a warmth I cannot say the voyage to the New World has brought. Recalling the influence of religious freedom which had urged me to strive towards this New World has pursued a bittersweet arrival. My brethren and I have prayed for different, blessed lands, yet, Cape Cod stared wildly and callously upon my optimism. Before our arrival, half of our ship’s men were plagued by scurvy and disease. Whether one death on the ship is fortunate or unfortunate (Of Plymouth Plantation, Page 7), a poor man was starved, killed and thrown over the Mayflower’s sides (Of Plymouth Plantation, page 5). Nevertheless, the Mayflower continued miles across the stormy seas (Of Plymouth Plantation, Page 8) I prayed for relief and the holiness of our arrival could not be expressed with prayer. Father would probably laugh at my pessimism. I know at times I seem like a pessimist but, deny me not that the voyage was horrible. While it was mostly terrible, during the voyage to the New World a woman did welcome a lovely child that was gifted the name “Oceanus” (Plymouth Plantation Video). For me, Oceanus symbolized a marvelous
The Enlightenment gave way to a whole new way of thinking and made people question the government and their religion. In the letter that John Adams writes to Mercy Warren, his purpose is to open up Mercy’s eyes to how government should function, not one based on what religion wants but one that is in the interest of the public’s needs. Adams intended on persuading Warren on helping him change the way the government was currently set up. “The Spirit of the laws” was written by Baron de Montesquieu shares a view to the general public that the people will only adopt the views of the government that they view as beneficial or good. In America, the Navigation acts were something that the colonists viewed as bad and prohibited them so they stepped
...ature consisted of a council of chiefs and an elected house of representatives. In 1842, the Hawaiian islands were seen as an independent government. Sugar production was Hawaii’s largest buissiness. Tons of sugar was grown in Hawaii. Many of the Hawaiians worked on the sugar farms. Sugar was sold to the United States and large amounts of money flowed into Hawaii. Hawaii’s economy grew and banks were built. Annexation America’s main goal was to overthrow monarchy and Annex Hawaii as the 50th state. In 1887, the Americans forced king Kalakaua to sign a new constitutions that lessened the king’s powers and limited the rights of native Hawaiians to hold office. After Kalakaua’s death, Queen Liliuokalani ruled Hawaii. She was stubborn and wanted Hawaiian independence. But the Americans took over the government and ended monarchy and set up their own government. They put up the American flag where the Hawaiian flag originally flew. So, in other words, Hawaii was stolen from its original owners. Defenseless, Hawaii couldn’t do anything about United States’ control. Hawaii was then Annexed to the United states in 1898.
Hawaii was the only country from the imperial era that wanted annexation to the United States while they were still under the rule of their queen Liliuokalani. One day Queen Liliuokalani made the United States focus its attention in Hawaiian territory. Queen Liliuokalani announced a “new constitution” under which only Hawaiian citizens had the right to vote. Queen Liliuokalani was trying to gain back the native Hawaiian political power. This decision made the American minister to Hawaii, John L. Stevens, worried due to all the investments Americans had made on Hawaii. John Colburn, the interior minister of Hawaii, rushed down to alert his friend Lorrin Thurston, a firebrand lawyer and antiroyalist plotter. John Stevens and Lorrin Thurston were linked with one thing in mind, overthrow the Queen Liliuokalani. The Committee of Safety (Lorrin Thurston was leader and included other government officials) signed the appe...
...n. In this assignment I have covered the rights and responsibilities that the treaty contains and an explanation of the differences in wordings and I have also contextualised my understanding of the differences of wording against the Maori Worldview and the Declaration of Independence.