Hawaii is a group of islands in the Pacific and a state of the USA. A former monachy and independent country, a treaty of commerce and for the extradition of criminals was concluded between the United States and Hawaii in 1849, and a reciprocity treaty in 1875, extended by the Convention of 1887. Treaty rights were further confirmed by Act of Congress in 1891. The coup detat of January, 1893, deposed the queen and established a republic, which immediately asked for annexation by the United States. An annexation treaty was concluded on February the 14th, 1893, providing for the cession to the United States of all rights of sovereignty in the Hawaiian Islands and their dependencies; for reference to the US Congress of all questions of administration, the provisional government meanwhile to continue under United States guidance; for the assumption by the United States of the Hawaiian debt to the limit of $3,250,000; for the regulation of Chinese immigration; and for the support of deposed royalty. Hawaii became a state of the Union in 1959. Research Hawaii
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