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From missionary families and came to dominate Hawaiian politics.
from missionary families and came to dominate Hawaiian politics. -Apex-(^^ゞ
Sanford Dole and Lorrin Thurston forced King Kalakaua to sign a new constitution radically restructuring the Hawaiian government. The so-called “Bayonet Constitution” sharply restricted the powers of the monarchy and limited suffrage to property owners, which had the effect of disenfranchising most Native Hawaiians.
Lorrin A. Thurston was born on 1858-07-31.
from missionary families and came to dominate Hawaiian politics.
Lorrin Andrews Thurston was a lawyer and newspaper publisher. His parents were missionaries in Hawaii. He was a leader of the revolution that overthrew Queen Liliuokalani and drafted the constitution for the provisional Hawaiian government. He headed the commission to Washington that negotiated for the annexation of Hawaii to the US. He retired after the annexation.
Stevens and American-Hawaiian businessmen Stanford Dole of Dole Pineapple, and Lorrin Thurston met to hatch "an audacious plot to overthrow Hawaii's Queen and bring her country into the United States, Queen Lili'uokalani's was held captive by the US marines and eventually had to give in to the US demands and the demands of Mr. Dole who had a big influence on the economy at the time, and thus Hawaii became a US territory.One would lead you to believe that Hawaii became a state of the United States by virtue of the people there petitioning to join. The Islands were overthrown by threatening of force and political conspiracy.
Lorrin A. Cooke was born in 1831.
Lorrin A. Cooke died in 1902.
Lorrin A Thurston wrote this constitution so that the restrictions of just who could vote would apply. This would help his buddy, Sanford Dole to overthrow the government so he could sell his sugar at his price. By the way both Thurston & Dole were first generation Hawaiians. They never met the requirements to maintain their citizenship to The United States. At this time the United States didn't have dual citizenship but if your parents were Americans and you were born in another country, then you would have to return to the mainland US and live for 5 years. But as it was both of the men got involved in the political structure of Hawaii and even if they had been US citizens, they would have lost that since one can not be an American and hold political office in another country.
Lorrin 'Whitey' Harrison was born in 1913.
Lorrin 'Whitey' Harrison died in 1993.