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A provisional government made up of U.S. and European interests (many of them the descendants of early missionaries) was quickly formed. On July 4, 1894, Sanford B. Dole, himself a descendant of Protestant missionaries, became President of the newly formed Republic of Hawaii. |
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Many citizens of Hawaii today, when analyzing how the sons and daughters of the islands' first missionaries ultimately came to dominate local business and politics, freely quote "they came to do good and stayed to do well." |
