But following the illegal overthrow and failed annexation attempt by the US, the new Republic of Hawaii passed an English-only law. In 1896, the Hawaiian language was banned as the medium of ...

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Svengali & Scandals. Yet, as Hawaii’s economy grew, her political structure shook. The French and British poised time and again to annex the islands. (The British actually did, abortively ...

Dole president. President William McKinley annexes Hawai'i. The Hawaiian public never votes on the question of annexation. Sanford B. Dole is recognized as governor of the Territory of Hawai'i in ...