The United States should vacate the Kingdom of Hawaii

My opponent presents an interesting case however the Kingdom of Hawaii itself was formed by the otherthrow of the smaller kingdoms of Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Lanai and began as a dictatorship [1]. The kingdom became a monarchy thanks to the influence of westerners in the nation with a constitution but giving plenty of power to the Monarchy [3]. At the time Hawaii had a significant sugar cane trade and a European and American business class had developed in Hawaii. In 1887 a new constitution was established with the American Base of Pearl Harbor decreasing the power of the monarchy. When queen Liliuokalani came to the thrown in 1891 she refused to recognize the constitution of 1887 and replaced it with a constitution increasing her own authority [3]. In 1893 several local Europeans staged a revolt and overthrew the queen. They created the Republic of Hawaii. President Grover Cleveland actually did not favor the overthrow and requested that the Queen be reestablished under the 1887 constitution. He refused the allow Hawaii to the annexed even when its Republican government favored it. In 1900, the Spanish American War broke out and we needed better access to Pearl Harbor and so we approved annexation [3]. The Republic was not full of saints as their constitution while stripping the Queen of power made voting rights depend on land ownership stripping many natives of the right to vote. Its system basically was based on giving most of the political influence to the Western business class. However, the queen was not a saint either and just wanted more power to herself [2]. So I don't see any good guys in this conflict. The evidence indicates that most Hawaiians did not favor annexation at the time [3]. However comparing the American government vs. the western dominated Hawaii Republican government, and the Queen's monarchy, I can't really say any one of these had very much consent from the people. At the time, the annexation of Hawaii was not in the people's favor but it was not in their disfavor either. However as time went on, being part of the United States has benefitted Hawaii. This can be seen from data from the CIA factbook. French Polynesia has a GDP Per capita of $22,000, for Cook Islands it is $9,000, Fiji's is $5,000 [4]. Hawaii's GDP per capita is $52,000 easily surpassing even Australia with $43,000 [4,5]. Hawaii has done very well compared to its neighbors with US citizenship. This new wealth means less starvation, less poverty, less death by disease, better education, and longer lives for its people. The last fact I would like to point out is that even if the take-over of Hawaii was completely illegitimate, it was over 100 years ago and the place has changed. With the strong history of American culture on the island today, it is unlikely that calls for complete independence will be taken seriously by the vast majority of its inhabitants. If my opponent wants change for Hawaii in the form of independence, I would like evidence people there even want it. 1: http://en.wikipedia.org... 2: http://en.wikipedia.org... 3: http://www.history.com... 4: https://www.cia.gov... 5: https://data.hawaii.gov...