Provisional Government of Hawaii

Infobox Former Country
conventional_long_name = Provisional Government of Hawaiokinai
common_name = Hawaii
continent = Oceania
region = North Pacific
country = United States|
era = New Imperialism
event_start = Monarchy overthrown
date_start = January 17
year_start = 1893
event_end = Republic declared
date_end = July 4
year_end = 1894|
p1 = Kingdom of Hawaii
flag_p1 = Flag of Hawaii.svg
s1 = Republic of Hawaii
flag_s1 = Flag of Hawaii.svg

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image_map_caption = Provisional Government of Hawaii|
capital = Honolulu
common_languages = Hawaiian, English
currency = U.S. dollar, Hawaiian dollar|
representative1 = Committee of Safety
year_representative1=1893-1894
title_representative=Provisional Government

The Provisional Government of Hawaiokinai was proclaimed on January 17, 1893 by the 13 member Committee of Safety under the leadership of Lorrin A. Thurston and Sanford B. Dole. It governed the Kingdom of Hawaiokinai after the overthrow of Queen Liliokinauokalani until the Republic of Hawaiokinai was established on July 4, 1894.

Following the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom and the establishment of the Provisional Government in Hawaiokinai, Lorrin A. Thurston actively lobbied for annexation to the United States, negotiating a treaty with President Benjamin Harrison that was sent to the Senate for approval. At the same time Princess Victoria Kaokinaiulani was in Washington D.C. to state that the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy was illegal.

President Grover Cleveland opposed the idea of annexation, being an anti-imperialist himself, and withdrew the treaty negotiated by President Benjamin Harrison upon taking office. After commissioning the secret Blount Report, he stated that the U.S. had inappropriately used military force and called for the reinstatement of Queen Liliokinauokalani. The matter was referred by Cleveland to Congress after Sanford Dole refused Cleveland's demands, and the U.S. Senate held a further investigation, culminating in the Morgan Report [http://morganreport.org] , which completely rejected that there had been any U.S. involvement in the overthrow. After the findings of this committee were submitted, Cleveland reversed his position, and accepted the Provisional Government as legitimate, and rebuffed further requests from the queen to interfere in the matter.

Following the Morgan Report, and the Turpie Resolution which stated a policy of non-interference in Hawaiian affairs by the U.S., Lorrin A. Thurston and the Provisional Government of Hawaiokinai convened a constitutional convention and established the Republic of Hawaiokinai. This government maintained power until the U.S. annexed Hawaiokinai in 1898.