Events
The first intrest in HawawiiMissionary trips start to go to the
Islands to spread ChristianityHawaiian Population Drop
The population of Hawaii dropped
from 300,000 to an astonishing 40000 due to diseasesThe King promised to put
native Hawaiians back into power.Reciprocity Treaty of 1875,
trade agreement between
the United States and Hawaii
guaranteed a duty-free market
for Hawaiian sugar in exchange
for special economic privileges
for the United StatesTensions Escalate
The United States wanted
the port of Pearl Harbor to
renew the sugar treaty. But
King Kalakaua refused to give
up of any part of Hawaii.The Bayonet Constitution was
singed with the King of Hawaii
at gun point it severely restricted
his power and deprived most
Hawaiians of the vote.The King dies and his sister
Liliuokalani was crowned Queen she was a
Hawaiian nationalist who wanted
to do away with the bayonet constitutionThe Queen announces her plans
to restore the monarchy
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