The American businessmen living in Hawaii responded with a coup that overthrew the monarchy, backed by the U.S marines and the U.S minister to Hawaii. They established a provisional government headed by Mr. Dole. U.S. President Grover Cleveland opposed the provisional government and called for the restoration of the queen, but the committee established the Republic of Hawaii instead. Two years later, after a failed coup to restore the monarchy, the queen abdicated. In 1898, the U.S annexed Hawaii.
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The word “detroit” is French for “strait,” and the French called the river “le détroit du Lac Érié," meaning “the strait of Lake Erie.” On July 24, 1701, a French explorer and nobleman by the name of Antoine de la Mothe, sieur de Cadillac founded Detroit
<span>General Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) commanded the
northern campaign in the Mexican-American War and later became the
twelfth president of the United States. President Polk ordered General Taylor to approach the Rio Grande after the U.S. annexed Texas in late 1845.</span>
