Who overthrew Liliuokalani and why?

Answer 1

Queen Liliuokalani was over thrown by a group of people called the "the annextionist club". This whole problem was caused by the foreigners (white people) because they wrote a constitution which was the "Bayonet Constitution". Queen Liliuokalani didn't like that constitution and wrote another Constitution and the White men didn't like it. and so this club was formed. Before Queen Liliuokalani could make her decision the white men made their move and overthrew the queen either Ilegally or legally.......

A group of men who called themselves the Safety of Committee consisted of 13 men. They were 1) Henry Ernest Cooper, 2) F. W. McChesney, 3) W. C. Wilder, 4) Crister Bolte, 5) Andrew Brown, 6) William Owen Smith, 7) Henry Waterhouse, 8) Theodore F. Landsing, 9) Edward Suhr, 10) Lorrin A. Thurston, 11) John Emmeluth, 12) William Richard Castle, 13) John A. McCandless.

I believe Thurston was a Representative, not sure about the other men if they were at the time of the overthrow. These men were part of what was known as the Honolulu Rifle Club, and were known for their annexationist views.

These men were waiting for a reason to get the Queen. They wanted full control of the kingdom and that began with 1887 Constutition known as the Bayonet Constitution. They forced the king to sign a new constitution however Article 45 that was in the 1852 Constitution was removed. That provision provided that the King and the Kuhina Nui could sign off on each other in order to conduct business, but the 1864 Constitution changed that to where anything the King does has to be approved by the Legislature. The whole checks and balances. But the fact is, the Legislature was dismissed April of 1886 and wasn't scheduled to reconvene until 1888. So how is it that the 1887 Constitution was able to be promulgated when whatever the King does has to be approved by the Legislature who was out of session?

What Liliuokalani tried to do was put back the 1864 Constitution and they (these 13 men) decided that what she was doing was treason for she took an oath to uphold the constitution. Odd that they forced her brother to do that same exact thing.

The main reason, to control the economy. This is what happened with the 1887 Constitution where it disenfranchised all the Asians and Kanaka (aboriginal Hawaiians).

Answer 2

No one killed her, she died from a stroke.

Answer 3

Was a Queen of Hawaii . Was the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom Of Hawaii .