"“Because she stood down, we can stand up today,” 
False! 
Initially, she had no one to defend her (no one came to her defense) and the revolutionaries took over and formed a new government, wrote a Constitution giving the Polynesians 2/3rds majority of the vote (excluding most all Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese and others NOT born in the Islands), and the New Republic of Hawaii was formed.
However, 2 years later in 1895 she along with only 175 supporters attempted a counter revolution that was dismally defeated, and many men died.  She was put on House Arrest in the Palace. (Not a bad place to hang out with two maids in waiting.)  Seven months later she once again was allowed to return to her home at "Washington Place".  She died there in 1917 with an American flag flying outside her house.