Noah Dolim

And that was a question that kind of determined the presidencies that was being talked about in the American legislature, especially amongst very powerful senators.

But when the overthrow happens, it's the end of William Harrison's presidency, what is called a provisional government, which is formed in Hawaii.

They try and offer boy up for annexation, but it's just too late in Harrison's presidency.

And then for the bulk of the 1890s, it's President Cleveland, Grover Cleveland, who is very sympathetic towards Ili'u.

Ili'u goes back and forth between Hawaii and D.C.

to talk to Cleveland.

And Cleveland, you know, does its own investigation.

Are they determined?

Yes.

You know, this was a law, you know, unjust, unlawful overthrow.

But unfortunately, Cleveland has his hands tied in especially in his relationship with Congress because of very, again, very, very powerful expansionist senators who are kind of waiting for this moment to see how these all the chips would fall, I guess.

I think there's things on the ground that are happening.

There's also, again, in that kind of global international situation with global politics and, again, the U.S.

questioning whether it wants to go overseas or not.

And also, and most kind of ironically, the provisional government changed its name to the formal Republic of Hawaii in 1894.

They pulled, we're an independent country card on the United States and tell Cleveland to stay out of our business, which is incredibly ironic, right?

Now they're telling the United States president, hey, we're actually a sovereign country and you can't just meddle into international affairs.

Yes.

This was, we call it, there's actually a documentary called Act of War.

It was an act of war against the Hawaiian kingdom orchestrated by business interests.