Morgan Report

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The Morgan Report was an 1894 U.S. Senate investigation that defended American officials’ actions in the 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom and rejected claims of U.S. complicity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Senate report
government investigation report
aim to review and evaluate U.S. diplomatic and military actions in Hawaii in 1893
archive U.S. Congressional Serial Set
author United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
chairperson John Tyler Morgan
conclusion defended actions of American officials in Hawaii
rejected claims of official U.S. complicity in the overthrow
country United States of America
date 1894
discipline legal history
political history
documentLength multi-volume report
documentType Senate Executive Document
evidenceUsed diplomatic correspondence
testimony of witnesses in Hawaii
followedBy Newlands Resolution
genre political document
historicalContext U.S. expansionism in the Pacific
historicalPeriod late 19th century
impact used to justify eventual annexation of Hawaii
investigatedEvent 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom
jurisdiction federal government of the United States
language English
legalStatus congressional investigative report
legislativeBody United States Senate
legislativeTerm 53rd United States Congress
locationOfEvent Hawaii
Hawaiian Kingdom
linked to: Kingdom of Hawaii
mainSubject Annexation of Hawaii
Hawaii–United States relations
Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom
namedAfter John Tyler Morgan
placeOfPublication Washington, D.C.
positionOnIssue opposed the findings of the Blount Report
precededBy Blount Report
publicationYear 1894
publisher U.S. Government Printing Office
relatedTo Committee on Foreign Relations (United States Senate)
Hawaiian sovereignty movement
shortName Morgan Report
subjectOf historiographical debate on U.S. role in Hawaiian overthrow
title Report of the Committee on Foreign Relations
topic diplomatic history of the United States
foreign policy of the United States
imperialism

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Committee of Safety (Hawaii) defendedIn Morgan Report
subject linked to: Committee of Safety
John L. Stevens praisedIn Morgan Report
Blount Report followedBy Morgan Report
Blount Report contrastedWith Morgan Report
Morgan Report shortName Morgan Report