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Honolulu Takeover
President harrison signed a treaty of annexation less than a month after the coup. His successor grover cleveland had no intention of seeing the treaty through. He called the coup an embarrassment and said the u.s should take steps to repair the monarchy. But attempts at reconciliation failed when queen lili ocolani stubbornly declined to offer amnesty to those responsible for the coup. The senate chose not to pursue formal annexation but its inaction in restoring the queen effectively created the republic of hawai led by sanford dul. In january of 1895 a group of roughly 200 armed men loyal to the queen attempted to retake control of the islands by force They were quickly disarmed by policeman and volunteer