Committee of Safety

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The Committee of Safety was a group of mostly American and European residents in Hawaii that organized and led the 1893 coup that deposed Queen Liliʻuokalani and paved the way for U.S. annexation.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Committee of Safety canonical 4
Committee of Safety (Hawaii) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf political organization ⓘ
revolutionary committee ⓘ
aimedTo depose Queen Liliʻuokalani ⓘ
secure annexation of Hawaii by the United States ⓘ
associatedWith sugar plantation interests in Hawaii ⓘ
chairperson Henry E. Cooper ⓘ
claimedJustificationAs protection of lives and property of residents ⓘ
composedMostlyOf American residents in Hawaii ⓘ
European residents in Hawaii ⓘ
country Kingdom of Hawaii ⓘ
criticizedIn Blount Report ⓘ
defendedIn Morgan Report ⓘ
dissolvedIn 1893 ⓘ
ethnicBackgroundOfLeaders primarily white American businessmen ⓘ
evaluatedBy Blount Report ⓘ
formedIn 1893 ⓘ
hadPoliticalOrientation pro-American ⓘ
pro-annexation ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers 13 ⓘ
historicalEvent part of the broader history of U.S. expansionism in the Pacific ⓘ
ledTo Provisional Government of Hawaii ⓘ
Republic of Hawaii ⓘ
eventual annexation of Hawaii by the United States in 1898 ⓘ
location Honolulu ⓘ
member Andrew Brown ⓘ
Charles L. Carter ⓘ
Frederick W. McChesney ⓘ
Henry E. Cooper ⓘ
Henry Waterhouse ⓘ
John A. McCandless ⓘ
John Emmeluth ⓘ
Lorrin A. Thurston ⓘ
Sanford B. Dole ⓘ
Theodore F. Lansing ⓘ
William C. Wilder ⓘ
William O. Smith ⓘ
William R. Castle ⓘ
opposed Queen Liliʻuokalani ⓘ
linked to: Queen Liliuokalani

restoration of monarchical authority in Hawaii ⓘ
opposedPolicyOf Queen Liliʻuokalani’s proposed new constitution ⓘ
organized 1893 overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii ⓘ
coup against Queen Liliʻuokalani ⓘ
requestedAssistanceFrom U.S. military forces from the USS Boston ⓘ
United States Minister John L. Stevens ⓘ
resultedIn establishment of the Provisional Government of Hawaii ⓘ
overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy ⓘ
supportedBy U.S. Minister John L. Stevens ⓘ
United States diplomatic representatives in Hawaii ⓘ
timePeriod late 19th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kingdom of Hawaii → overthrownBy → Committee of Safety (Hawaii) ⓘ
linked to: Committee of Safety
Republic of Hawaii → establishedBy → Committee of Safety ⓘ
Provisional Government of Hawaii → establishedBy → Committee of Safety ⓘ
Provisional Government of Hawaii → precededBy → Committee of Safety ⓘ