Committee of Safety

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The Committee of Safety was a group of mostly American and European residents in Hawaii that organized and led the 1893 coup that deposed Queen Liliʻuokalani and paved the way for U.S. annexation.

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Label Occurrences
Committee of Safety canonical 4
Committee of Safety (Hawaii) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political organization
revolutionary committee
aimedTo depose Queen Liliʻuokalani
secure annexation of Hawaii by the United States
associatedWith sugar plantation interests in Hawaii
chairperson Henry E. Cooper
claimedJustificationAs protection of lives and property of residents
composedMostlyOf American residents in Hawaii
European residents in Hawaii
country Kingdom of Hawaii
criticizedIn Blount Report
defendedIn Morgan Report
dissolvedIn 1893
ethnicBackgroundOfLeaders primarily white American businessmen
evaluatedBy Blount Report
formedIn 1893
hadPoliticalOrientation pro-American
pro-annexation
hasNumberOfMembers 13
historicalEvent part of the broader history of U.S. expansionism in the Pacific
ledTo Provisional Government of Hawaii
Republic of Hawaii
eventual annexation of Hawaii by the United States in 1898
location Honolulu
member Andrew Brown
Charles L. Carter
Frederick W. McChesney
Henry E. Cooper
Henry Waterhouse
John A. McCandless
John Emmeluth
Lorrin A. Thurston
Sanford B. Dole
Theodore F. Lansing
William C. Wilder
William O. Smith
William R. Castle
opposed Queen Liliʻuokalani
linked to: Queen Liliuokalani

restoration of monarchical authority in Hawaii
opposedPolicyOf Queen Liliʻuokalani’s proposed new constitution
organized 1893 overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii
coup against Queen Liliʻuokalani
requestedAssistanceFrom U.S. military forces from the USS Boston
United States Minister John L. Stevens
resultedIn establishment of the Provisional Government of Hawaii
overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy
supportedBy U.S. Minister John L. Stevens
United States diplomatic representatives in Hawaii
timePeriod late 19th century

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Kingdom of Hawaii overthrownBy Committee of Safety (Hawaii)
linked to: Committee of Safety
Republic of Hawaii establishedBy Committee of Safety
Provisional Government of Hawaii establishedBy Committee of Safety
Provisional Government of Hawaii precededBy Committee of Safety