Why does Liliuokalani signed the act of abdication?

Queen Liliuokalani herself later wrote that “about the 22d of January” 1895, she was presented with a paper prepared by the government’s lawyer, Mr. A.S. Hartwell, which they pressured her to sign. She emphasized that she had no prior knowledge of such a document and considered it an “insulting proposition written in abject terms.” This shows that while the official signing date is given as January 24, 1895, the Queen’s own account highlights the coercion and lack of choice behind her so-called abdication.