CASE / 1893–1898
Hawaiian overthrow and annexation, 1893–1898
A bounded episode of overthrow, organized Hawaiian resistance, treaty defeat, and U.S. annexation.
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Hawaiian resistance to annexation, 1897–1898 1897–1898
The documented petition and U.S. annexation sequence; no inference that signatories shared every political aim.
Formal design
Rules in use
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Hui Aloha ʻĀina's bilingual 1897 petition against annexation carried 21,269 Native Hawaiian signatures collected across five principal islands.
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The petition presented Hawaiian and English texts; the National Archives repository supplies access but does not replace the named Hawaiian organization and signatories as the political actors.
Interactions
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The 1897 annexation treaty failed to secure Senate support after organized opposition, while Congress enacted annexation through the Newlands joint resolution in July 1898.