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How white planters usurped Hawaii s last queen
The bloodless but brutal coup brought Hawaii s monarchy to an end and paved the way for U.S. statehood.
ByErin Blakemore
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In her Honolulu palace, Liliʻuokalani wavered over the piece of paper that, once signed, would remove her standing as the country’s queen. If she abdicated, six of her most ardent supporters would be released from the prison where they awaited execution for treason. The men had rallied a small army of fewer than a hundred to defend her position as the ruler of Hawaii, but after a few unsuccessful skirmishes, they had stood down.
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By Staff | Feb 5, 2021 Launched with great timing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, voting by mail helped increase turnout during the 2020 elections. Hawaii saw record-high voting for the primary, and in all, 579,165 citizens voted last year for 69.6 percent turnout. The League of Women Voters of Hawaii last week acknowledged the state’s amazing 2020 increase in voter registration and turnout. They thanked voting officials for their outstanding work implementing Act 136, Hawaii’s voting by mail law. Hawaii League President Piilani Kaopuiki noted, “Between the 2018 and 2020 general elections, an additional 75,000 people registered to vote, a compelling response to Hawaii’s voting modernization efforts permitting online voter registration and same-day (Election Day) registration.
How The United States Stole Hawaii Shutterstock
By Richard Milner/Dec. 24, 2020 10:49 am EDT/Updated: Dec. 24, 2020 8:58 pm EDT
Even before it was an empire, the United States behaved like one. Decades before the Declaration of Independence in 1776, amid contests between the French, English, Spanish, Native Americans, the Plymouth Company, the London Company, and more, the very bedrock of the US became founded on contests over land. The original 13 colonies expanded and gobbled up earth, seizing tribal territories without remorse or compunction, as overviewed by Aeon. By the time the US engaged in the Mexican-American War (1846-48) over the US annexation of Texas, as Britannica explains, the country was well on its way to fulfilling its original mandate of colonization.
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