Cleveland was staunchly against the annexation, and he did everything he could - short of military intervention - to restore the Hawaiian Kingdom. 2\

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But the 1894 midterms swept in Republican leadership that was staunchly expansionist. Annexing Hawai’i was even inserted into their Party platform for the 1896 elections. 3\

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The white (and mostly American) sugar planters and businessmen knew this. That was why they formed a “provisional” government, a republic, much like what Texas and California did, before they were annexed by the United States. They knew Uncle Sam would come knocking. And he did. Aloha 🤙🏼 End\

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The biggest political landslide you’ve never heard of www.youtube.com/shorts/mZp_A...

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A sidenote: These elections also and ultimately sealed the annexation of Hawai’i to the United States. 1\

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