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1778
European and Asian immigrants moved to the Hawaiian Islands. -
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Annexing Hawaii
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1795
Hawaiian Chief Kamehameha united the entire Hawaiian islands and proclaimed himself King Kamehameha I of Hawaii. -
1871
Japan established diplomatic relations with Hawaii and concluded a treaty of rapprochement. -
1884
The Japanese immigrated to Hawaii in large numbers, reaching 100,000 by 1893. -
1887
Hawaii enacted the Bayonet Constitution, which limited the power of the monarch. -
1893
Queen Liliuokalani proposed changes to the constitution to restore the monarch's powers, leading to political instability in Hawaii. -
1893
The coup d 'etat, led by Sanford Ballard Durr and strongly supported by U.S. Marines at Pearl Harbor, overthrew the Kingdom of Hawaii and established a provisional U.S. government. The king was forced to make humiliating agreements and was eventually exiled to San Francisco, where he died of depression -
1895
Queen Liliou Okalani was accused of plotting to restore the kingdom, arrested, tried, and eventually confined to the palace for eight months. -
1898
The annexation of Hawaii was approved by a joint resolution of both houses of Congress on July 7 and signed by President William McKinley. On August 12, representatives of the Republic of Hawaii and the United States held a ceremony in front of the old Palace in Honolulu, Hawaii, announcing the end of the Republic of Hawaii and the incorporation of all the islands into the United States and becoming an overseas territory of the United States. -
1959
In a so-called "referendum," Hawaii officially became the 50th state.