Other
Expansion in the Pacific: Footholds in the Pacific
Good description of 19th century Hawaiian history and its annexation by the U.S., with links to related maps, pictures, and treaties.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Hawaii's Last Queen
This transcript from an American Experience program about Hawaii's last queen, Lili'uokalani, tells of her enlightened rule of Hawaii and the overthrow of her monarchy, which resulted in the U.S. annexation of Hawaii.
Danuta Bois
Distinguished Women of Past and Present: Liliuokalani (1838 1917)
Read this personal biography of Hawaaiian Queen Liliuokalani, who struggled against American annexation.
US National Archives
Nara: Teaching With Documents: 1897 Petition Against the Annexation of Hawaii
A great lesson plan using primary source materials to examine the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy and the subsequent annexation of Hawaii to the United States. Find the background information, documents, suggested teaching activities,...
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Hawaii's Last Queen: Lili'uokalani Timeline
Chronology of events in the life of Hawaii's Queen Liliuokalani. Includes photos.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Hawaii's Last Queen
As part of a PBS American Experience film about Queen Liliuokalani and the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy, this brief overview gives personal information about the queen and explains her attempts at protecting her country. Included...
Other
Hawai'i Independent & Sovereign: The Overthrow of the Monarchy
An article from the in-flight magazine of Aloha Airlines relates the history of the events that led to the annexation of Hawaii in the 1890s.
Other
Hawaii Nation: Official Protest to the Treaty of Annexation
1987 speech made by Hawaiian queen Liliuokalani, in protest of U.S. annexation of Hawaii.