Question

liliuokalani and native delegates...
a signed a treaty with the senate committee to reinstate liliuokalani as queen.
b successfully opposed the annexation with congress through their petitioning.
c tried to use a petition to convince the secretary of state to manage hawaii.
d threatened the senate committee on foreign relations with violent retaliation.
the hui aloha aina for women and the hui aloha aina for men now organized a mass petition drive. they hoped that if the u.s. government realized that the majority of native hawaiian citizens opposed annexation, the move to annex hawaii would be stopped. between september 11 and october 2, 1897, the two groups collected petition signatures at public meetings held on each of the five principal islands of hawaii. the petition, clearly marked “petition against annexation” and written in both the hawaiian and english languages, was signed by 21,269 native hawaiian people, or more than half the 39,000 native hawaiians and mixed - blood persons reported by the hawaiian commission census for the same year.
10 four delegates, james kaulia, david kalauokalani, john richardson, and william auld, arrived in washington, dc on december 6 with the 556 - page petition in hand. that day, as they met with queen liliuokalani, who was already in washington lobbying against annexation, the second session of the 55th congress opened. the delegates and liliuokalani planned a strategy to present the petition to the senate.
the delegation and lilioukalani met senator george hoar, chairman of the senate committee on foreign relations on the following day, and on december 9, with the delegates present, senator hoar read the text of the petition to the senate. it was formally accepted. the next day the delegates met with secretary of state john sherman and submitted a formal statement protesting the annexation to him. in the following days, the delegates met with many senators, voicing opposition to the annexation. by the time the delegates left washington on february 27, 1898, there were only 46 senators willing to vote for annexation. the treaty was defeated in the

Explanation:

The text states the delegates and Lili'uokalani delivered a large anti-annexation petition to Congress, and by the time the delegates left Washington, only 46 senators supported annexation, resulting in the treaty's defeat. Option A is incorrect as no such treaty was signed; Option C is wrong because they protested annexation, not asked the Secretary of State to manage Hawaii; Option D is false as there was no threat of violence.

Answer:

B. successfully opposed the annexation with Congress through their petitioning.