"Angry little Tweetin birdy." That seen it coming

If Queen Liliuokalani had a Twitter account,she would of most likely been one "Angry little Tweeting birdy".

QueenLoko

Up early, Thinking up a Master Plan ... Time to step it up going in, to Handle some bussiness @ the Government Building && 'Iolani Palace.

1/14/1893 3:09AM

- On Jan. 14, the first of four crucial days in Hawai`i's history, the queen presided at noon over the legislative session's closing ceremonies at the Government Building. She then walked across the street to `Iolani Palace for a more significant ceremony. She was about to proclaim a new constitution which she had written, restoring power to the throne and rights to the Native Hawaiian people.


QueenLoko

Up early again, I'm feeling a little Challenged today ... Hmm.

1/15/1893 3:09AM

-The next day, Jan. 15, Thurston told the queen's Cabinet that the Committee of Safety would challenge her.


QueenLoko

Had a Dream that hundreds of Native Hawaiians @ Palace Square were "Kissing up to me." ?_? What does this mean?? Oh, yeah I'm a queen!!

1/16/1893 3:09AM

-On Jan. 16, several hundred Native Hawaiians and other royalists gathered peaceably at Palace Square in support of the queen, expressing loyalty to the monarchy, and carefully avoiding saying anything inflammatory.

QueenLoko

OMG!! another Dream I hope this one doesn't come true!!!!=(.

1/17/1893 3:09AM

-On Jan. 17, 1893, at dusk, Queen Lili`uokalani yielded her throne under protest, with these words:


"I, Lili`uokalani, by the grace of God and under the constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Queen, do hereby solemnly protest against any and all acts done against myself and the constitutional government of the Hawaiian Kingdom by certain persons claiming to have established a Provisional Government of and for this Kingdom.
"That I yield to the superior force of the United States of America, whose Minister Plenipotentiary, His Excellency John L. Stevens, has caused United States troops to be landed at Honolulu and declared that he would support the said Provisional Government.

"Now, to avoid any collision of armed forces and perhaps loss of life, I do, under this protest, and impelled by said forces, yield my authority until such time as the Government of the United States shall, upon the facts being presented to it, undo the action of its representative and reinstate me in the authority which I claim as the constitutional sovereign of the Hawaiian Islands."

The queen surrendered Hawai`i's sovereignty not to the revolutionaries but to the "superior force of the United States of America" -- temporarily, she believed -- confident that the American government would restore her to the throne.