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In 1898 the Hawaiian Monarchy was overthrown and "The Group of Five" which at best could be called thieves, Robber Barons, Pirates. Banditos, Imperialists and Republicans, stole the Kingdom of Hawaii, imprisoned the Monarch and made overtures to become a part of th United States. The US President Grover Cleveland rejected such actions that were issued by a minority of white Americans based on the Bayonet Constitution that insured that Majority Asiasns and Non-Aristocratic Native Hawaiians were denied the right to vote.

The next election brought in William McKinley a Republican, supporter of big business and a supporter and part of the Imperalist concept of the time was in office. A bill was brought before the US Congress which annexeded the Hawaiian Islands and made it a US Territority in 1898.

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