The Overthrow Of The Hawaiian Kingdom

Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom

According to the Overthrow Part III worksheet, the American flag replaced the Hawaiian flag to signify that Hawaii was officially annexed to the U.S.. The overthrow began with many events such as the Bayonet Constitution and the annexation of Hawaii to the United States. This was all lead by foreigner groups such as the Hawaiian League and Committee of Safety, but some Hawaiians and even some foreigners did not want this to follow through. As a matter of fact some Hawaiians and some foreigners, such as Hui Aloha Aina and a group of Robert Wilcox and his men tried multiple attempts to cease the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom, but was not successful. Although the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom reduced the Hawaiians rights and ended the Hawaiian Monarchy, it was also beneficial to Hawaii because it brought protection to Hawaii with the United States Army.

First of all, the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom caused a reduction to the Hawaiian rights.

This included the loss of privileges such as voting rights and the use of Pearl Harbor. The loss of voting rights caused for foreigners to vote for the government instead of pure Hawaiians and the use of Pearl Harbor was given to the United States because they saw it as a great location to use during the Spanish-American war. Also, the overthrow ended the Hawaiian monarchy and in result the Hawaiians lost their power. Many Hawaiians tried to fight back, such as group that goes by the name Hui Aloha Aina that got more than 21,000 signatures opposing the annexation(The Overthrow Part III worksheet). In addition to that, The Overthrow Part 1 worksheet states that Robert Wilcox and his men marched down to the Iolani Palace with a new constitution for King Kalakaua to sign, but the Cabinet forcibly put down the

uprising.
The overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom caused for the Hawaiians to lose some rights and land. Just like today, there is homeless problems still occurring in Hawaii and the government is trying to deal with it, but it still continues to happen. The way the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom relates to the homeless problem today is when the overthrow occurred, Hawaiians lost their land and ended up in poverty. Some Hawaiians could not keep up with their payments and it is just like what is happening today with overpriced houses.
Although it seemed as if the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom was unfair to the Hawaiians it was also beneficial. When Hawaii was annexed and overthrown, Hawaii received protection from the United States. Hawaii was able to not worry about being attacked was also under the statehood of the United States. Hawaiians could also see this as a boost of tourist population because the United States brought popularity to the state, but some Hawaiians may see this as the removal native land to build more hotels and tourist attractions.
Even though the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom led to a reduction of rights to the Hawaiians and the ending of the Hawaiian monarchy, it also brought protection upon Hawaii. The reduction of Hawaiian rights and ending of the Hawaiian monarchy caused for Hawaiians to lose their power and their right to say anything. The way the overthrow relates to society today is that during the overthrow many Hawaiians lost their homes because they were not able to pay for their homes and that is what practically happened today with the homeless. Besides the negative side of the overthrow, it also brought protection upon Hawaii by bringing protection on Hawaii, they were able to not worry about being attacked.