Ahem.
We overthrew the existing government of Hawaii.
(They didn't create their own government; we created it for them.)
Ahem.
We overthrew the existing government of Hawaii.
(They didn't create their own government; we created it for them.)
What "we" kemo sabe?
The coup was a dispute between influential people who had emigrated to Hawaii and become powerful there.
How many of those were born there is not know to me. The "native" Hawaiian population had been dwindling down for decades. The emigrant population had been growing dramatically.
The U.S. Minister to Hawaii conspired with those powerful people to stage the coup, but the U.S. Senate refused to agree to it, as did the next U.S. President.
It was certainly *not* an official U.S. position, the American people did not vote for it, the Senate did not ratify it.
It was only during the Spanish American war when it was accepted.