Useful Links
The 1897 Petition Against the Annexation of Hawaii (background Information)
https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/hawaii-petition
The Annexation of Hawaii
By the end of this section, you will:
Americans overthrow Hawaiian monarchy
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/americans-overthrow-hawaiian-monarchy
Summary of Hawaiian Annexation + Primary Sources
http://resourcesforhistoryteachers.pbworks.com/w/page/125342702/Annexation%20of%20Hawaii
Committee of Safety: White planters and businessman illegally overthrow the Hawaiian monarchy
https://nativephilanthropy.candid.org/events/committee-of-safety-white-planters-and-businessman-illegally-overthrow-the-hawaiian-monarchy/
https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/hawaii-petition
The Annexation of Hawaii
By the end of this section, you will:
- Explain the socioeconomic continuities and changes associated with the growth of industrial capitalism from 1865 to 1898
- Explain continuities and changes in the role of the government in the U.S. economy
Americans overthrow Hawaiian monarchy
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/americans-overthrow-hawaiian-monarchy
Summary of Hawaiian Annexation + Primary Sources
http://resourcesforhistoryteachers.pbworks.com/w/page/125342702/Annexation%20of%20Hawaii
Committee of Safety: White planters and businessman illegally overthrow the Hawaiian monarchy
https://nativephilanthropy.candid.org/events/committee-of-safety-white-planters-and-businessman-illegally-overthrow-the-hawaiian-monarchy/
The Morgan report
https://morganreport.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Kingdom_of_Hawaii_Constitution_of_1887
The Hawaiian league
Who Were These Insurgents Calling themselves the Committee of Safety?
https://hawaiiankingdom.org/blog/who-were-these-insurgents-calling-themselves-the-committee-of-safety/
The Bayonet constitution
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/bayonet-constitution
https://www.hawaii-nation.org/constitution-1887.html
https://ny.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ha06.ush.ind.bayonet/the-bayonet-constitution/
Queen Liluokalani new constitution
https://www.hawaii-nation.org/constitution-1893.html
https://morganreport.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Kingdom_of_Hawaii_Constitution_of_1887
The Hawaiian league
Who Were These Insurgents Calling themselves the Committee of Safety?
https://hawaiiankingdom.org/blog/who-were-these-insurgents-calling-themselves-the-committee-of-safety/
The Bayonet constitution
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/bayonet-constitution
https://www.hawaii-nation.org/constitution-1887.html
https://ny.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ha06.ush.ind.bayonet/the-bayonet-constitution/
Queen Liluokalani new constitution
https://www.hawaii-nation.org/constitution-1893.html
Primary Sources
Building the Empire: America Takes Hawaii
https://dp.la/exhibitions/american-empire/building-empire/america-takes-hawaii?item=2167
The Sons of the American Revolution argued that America "made Hawaii what it is...that the Christian civilization of these islands is mainly due to the philanthropic labors of American citizens who saved the native race from the rapid extinction."
https://dp.la/exhibitions/american-empire/colonization/white-mans-burden?item=2188
Hawaiian School
Hawaiian schools were associated as much with the colonial government as they were with the island's large population of Christian missionaries. In this photo, a group of Hawaiian girls in uniform gather in the front of their schoolhouse. Courtesy of California Historical Society via University of Southern California Libraries.
https://dp.la/exhibitions/american-empire/colonization/colonial-education?item=2191
All Sources about Hawaii
https://www.docsteach.org/documents?filter_searchterm=hawaii&filterEras=&filterDocTypes=&sortby=date&filter_order=&filter_order_Dir=&rt=M7ECgVyjmfBj&reset=1
Petition against the annexation of Hawaii
https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/petition-against-annexation-hawaii
https://libweb.hawaii.edu//digicoll/annexation/petition/pet-intro.php
Joint resolution to provide for annexing the Hawaiian Islands to the United States
https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/joint-resolution-hawaiian-islands
Letter from Queen Lili'uokalani to the House of Representatives
https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/memorial-queen-liliuokalani
HAWAII'S STORY BY HAWAII'S QUEEN LILIUOKALANI
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/liliuokalani/hawaii/hawaii.html
POLITICAL CARICATURES OF THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM Circa 1875-1905
https://web.archive.org/web/20111024033710/http://library.kcc.hawaii.edu/~soma/cartoons/
Aloha Oe : Farewell to Thee Liliuokalani Queen of Hawaii Composer
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1009&context=mmb-vp
Hawai’i President Sanford B. Dole, Letter of December 23, 1893 Refusing United States Demand to Restore Ex-Queen Lili’uokalani to the Throne
https://www.angelfire.com/hi2/hawaiiansovereignty/dolerefusal12231893.html
https://dp.la/exhibitions/american-empire/building-empire/america-takes-hawaii?item=2167
The Sons of the American Revolution argued that America "made Hawaii what it is...that the Christian civilization of these islands is mainly due to the philanthropic labors of American citizens who saved the native race from the rapid extinction."
https://dp.la/exhibitions/american-empire/colonization/white-mans-burden?item=2188
Hawaiian School
Hawaiian schools were associated as much with the colonial government as they were with the island's large population of Christian missionaries. In this photo, a group of Hawaiian girls in uniform gather in the front of their schoolhouse. Courtesy of California Historical Society via University of Southern California Libraries.
https://dp.la/exhibitions/american-empire/colonization/colonial-education?item=2191
All Sources about Hawaii
https://www.docsteach.org/documents?filter_searchterm=hawaii&filterEras=&filterDocTypes=&sortby=date&filter_order=&filter_order_Dir=&rt=M7ECgVyjmfBj&reset=1
Petition against the annexation of Hawaii
https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/petition-against-annexation-hawaii
https://libweb.hawaii.edu//digicoll/annexation/petition/pet-intro.php
Joint resolution to provide for annexing the Hawaiian Islands to the United States
https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/joint-resolution-hawaiian-islands
Letter from Queen Lili'uokalani to the House of Representatives
https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/memorial-queen-liliuokalani
HAWAII'S STORY BY HAWAII'S QUEEN LILIUOKALANI
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/liliuokalani/hawaii/hawaii.html
POLITICAL CARICATURES OF THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM Circa 1875-1905
https://web.archive.org/web/20111024033710/http://library.kcc.hawaii.edu/~soma/cartoons/
Aloha Oe : Farewell to Thee Liliuokalani Queen of Hawaii Composer
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1009&context=mmb-vp
Hawai’i President Sanford B. Dole, Letter of December 23, 1893 Refusing United States Demand to Restore Ex-Queen Lili’uokalani to the Throne
https://www.angelfire.com/hi2/hawaiiansovereignty/dolerefusal12231893.html
Lessons
The Annexation of Hawaii DBQ
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CgS3XJZNpuClQtv9NKb9fV5NA9nrsYWt/view Should the United States have annexed the Hawaiian islands? Compare the arguments for and against the United States taking control of the Hawaiian islands with those made about Indian lands and Louisiana. Do the arguments differ? In each case, what was the relative importance of principle (the rule of the people) and practical considerations? Use these documents:
Did Hawaiians Support Annexation? https://sheg.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/download-pdf/Hawaii%20Annexation%20Teacher%20Materials_0.pdf |