Endnotes[1] In January
1893, Queen Liliʻuokalani was overthrown and
replaced by a Provisional Government composed of members of the
Committee of Safety. The Provisional Government of Hawaii ended on
July 4, 1894, replaced by the Republic of Hawaii. It was annexed by
the U.S. in 1898 as an official territory and made a state in
1959.
[2] The
equivalent of $140.00 in 2014 dollars.
[3] $10 in 1894
is the equivalent of $285.00 in 2016 dollars
[4] $5.75 in
1895 was equivalent to about $164 in 2016 dollars.
[5] $80 in 1895
was equivalent to about $1,990 in 2016 dollars.
[6] $1,500 in
1896 was worth about $43,000 in 2015 dollars.
[7] Truth is
indeed stranger than fiction. Germany’s Die
Zeit newspaper first announced the discovery of the secret
invasion plans on May 8, 2002. Th
