Although there are people that despise the overthrow, there are supporters as of the overthrow as well. The annexation helped the military in the Spanish-American war. The United States had full control of Pearl Harbor. The military could stop for oil breaks to avoid the Spanish when they were low on supplies. However, now Hawaii has no power, it's not fair at all. The United States had control of Hawaii and all it had. Hawaii was not an independent nation anymore. The overthrow was horrible because of the greedy foreigners and the inhuman ways. Foreigners that were greedy and deeply involved were Lorrin Thurston, Minister Stevens, etc. They did horrendous things to get Hawaiian monarchy overthrown and Hawaii annexed to the US. Some