The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy

The Hawaiian Islands tried to remain independent of the Western powers after they were taken over by Captain Cook in 1788. King Kalakawa built a palace and he had a coronation dinner that cost really about 20% of the state budget. The overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy was kind of symbolic of a big debate going on in the late 19th century between these old monarchical hierarchy aristocratic cuisines took up by international diplomats.