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American intervention in this country was publicly acknowledged in the 1993 Apology Resolution. The US minister to this country, John L. Stevens, was found guilty in the Blount Report, which condemned him for arranging US marines to land there to serve as intimidation during (10[1])a coup d’etat. (10[1]-5[1])The Lorrin Thurston-led Committee of Safety plotted to overthrow this (-5[1])country’s leader, (10[1])whose predecessor was forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution. (10[2])An 1893 coup brought this country’s first and only president, Sanford Dole, into power. For 10 points, Liliʻuokalani was the last monarch (10[2])of what Pacific (10[1])island kingdom, annexed by the US in 1898 and now its 50th state? (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Kingdom of Hawaii [or Ke Aupuni Hawaiʻi]
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