This year being the 50th anniversary of Hawai‘i becoming a state here are a few essays about one the men responsible for the starting the chain of events that eventually led to the sign of Hawai‘i as the 50th state of the union, taken from the Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities’ Biography Hawai‘i:Five Lives Series.
The legality of these events are being questioned by some. See the post in Kü I Ke Au category entitled “Is it really ceded lands?” for some insights into this view of occupation, not colonization or annexation.