Did Hawaii choose to be a democracy? What kind of government did they have before the annexation?

Hawaii had monarchy type of government before the annexation.

When the Hawaiian islands were formally annexed by the United States in 1898, the event marked end of a lengthy internal struggle between native Hawaiians and white American businessmen for control of the Hawaiian government. Hawaii remained a territory until granted statehood as the fiftieth state in 1959. And since 1959, there is democracy in Hawaii just like any other state of USA.