Q: In this task you will be given a text passage from a trivia quiz. You should choose the category this question belongs to from these categories: History, Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, Literature. You can only choose one category, so if in doubt, please choose the closest match.
ruler of this nation repudiated the Constitution of 1840 and his death brought to power a figure known as "Whiskey Bill. " One treaty was negotiated with this nation by Thomas ap Catesby Jones, and it saw gunpoint diplomacy by Cyrille Laplace to stop persecution of Catholics. A man posing as the High Priest of Melchizedek set himself up as leader of a (*) "Mormon kingdom" in this nation before being excommunicated; that man was Walter Murray Gibson. Some rebellions here were led by Robert Wilcox, and the Blount and Morgan Reports investigated American intervention in this nation in support of an 1887 document drafted by Lorrin Thurston. That document, known as the "bayonet" constitution, was forced on King David Kalakaua by people such as Sanford Dole. For 10 points, name this former Pacific island kingdom, whose last ruler was Queen Liliuokalani.
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History