Queen Liliuokalani
Queen Liliuokalani was the last reigning monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, ruling from 1891 until the monarchy was overthrown in 1893 by American businessmen with support from U.S.
Marines.
She remains a symbol of Hawaiian sovereignty and indigenous resistance to American annexation.
A gifted composer, she wrote "Aloha ʻOe," one of Hawaii's most beloved songs.
The statue of Queen Liliuokalani stands at the state capitol in Honolulu.
- hulaGestural Polynesian dance
- HawaiiPacific island state
- monarchHereditary supreme ruler
- musicOrganized auditory art
- composerCreator of musical works
song · sovereignty · statue · crown · annexation · independence · overthrow · self-determination · constitution · kingdom · treaties · nationalism · cloak · imprisonment · quilt · feather · palace · resistance
- Hawaiian HeritageHawaiian culture, Hawaiian history, Hawaiian language, hula, luau
- Anti-ColonialistsHo Chi Minh, Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Mandela
- Hawaiian FiguresKing Kamehameha, Kamehameha
- HawaiiansNative Hawaiians, kahuna, keiki, wahine, commoners
- Ousted RulersFerdinand Marcos, Haile Selassie, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Tsar Nicholas II, Louis XVI
- Pacific expansionprovisional government, overthrow, statehood, Guam, Philippines
Queen LiliuokalaniQueen Victoria
Long-reigning British empress
American imperialism · colonial governors · colonizers · expansionists · plantation owners