Circumstances changed in Hawaii in the 1890s when Queen Liliuokalani came to the throne, because:
a. The McKinley Tariff of 1890 allowed Hawaiian sugar to enter the United States duty-free
b. the new queen was anti-American, and she took away the vote of all whites not married to Hawaiian women
c. the new queen forbade sugar exports
d. the new queen revoked the 1887 treaty, thus leaving the United States without any Hawaiian bases
B
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