One of the ways I have heard it told over the years, forgetting the fact though that when the businessmen were 'overthowing' the Hawaiian Kingdom, US military ships lowered their guns into fire mode & the US military outright defied a presidential order to put the queen back on her thrown. Queen Lili'uokalani ordered that not a drop of blood be shed, believing that the diplomacy between the nations would in time be honored- And that there is the argument.