r very happy because she did not like the boarding school very much and missed her family a lot . Lili'u married at 24 years of age to John Owen Dominis, son of a very prominent ship captain. At the time of her wedding she moved to Washington Place until 1868 when she inherited some land in Waikiki. Lili'u loved this house and she loved to share in the beauty of the land in Waikiki. She would let all kinds of people stay at her house. People as prominent as Captains of ships down to the footmen and deckhands, she was a very compassionate women.
             In 1877 Kalakaua called Lilil'u to the palace and told her she was going to be named his heir apparent under the name of Princess Lili'uokalani . Her first reaction was one of dismay and shock, she believed that this name was not a name at all. Kalakaua reminded her that her name meant "sore eye", then she retorted that his name meant "battle day"2.These little reactions can be an example of the Queen's stubbornness that would play a huge role in the way she would later run the kingdom. She did not like change that much either, this attitude would also play an important role with the way she would try to run her cabinet and kingdom. In 1891 Kalakaua went on a world tour to help broaden his horizons and he appointed Princess Lili'uokalani as regent of Hawaii. Kalakaua died in San Francisco and Lili'uokalani became queen. Hawaii would never be the same again.
             A lot of events had taken place during the five years before Lili'uokalani had taken the throne from her brother. King Kalakaua had a tumultuous reign as King. In 1872, the cost of maintaining the King, the royal family and the military were $144,350 by 1886 the cost had more than tripled to $462,436 .How could the king and his family justify this cost? The Hawaiian kingdom would be driven into further debt because of the lavish spending of King Kalakaua and his royal family. The a...