Question: Which present-day U.S. state once had its own queen while it was an independent kingdom?
Answer: Hawaii was ruled by Queen Liliʻuokalani, the Hawaiian Kingdom’s only queen regnant. She became queen in 1891 and was overthrown in a 1893 coup organized by the pro-annexation Committee of Safety, with support from U.S. Marines. The overthrow ended the Hawaiian monarchy and eventually led to Hawaii’s annexation by the United States in 1898.
