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3 unusual facts about Legal status of Hawaii


Legal status of Hawaii

In 1894, the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee sent Senator John Tyler Morgan to make a second investigation.

Rear Admiral Richard Darton Thomas sailed to Hawaii, investigated the matter, and restored the Hawaiian Kingdom.

In 1843, Captain Lord George Paulet illegally seized control of Hawaii without the permission of the British crown, burning all Hawaiian flags and appointing himself and three other British officials acting heads of state for the islands.



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