Daily Quiz for June 28, 2008

Queen Liliuokalani. Queen Liliuokalani was the last monarch to hold sway over what was to become United States territory. Hawaii’s Queen Liliuokalani had reigned for only two years when, in 1893, an insurrection led by American residents deposed her and declared the islands a republic. Hawaii was annexed as a U.S. territory in 1900 and admitted as the 50th state in 1959.