It disenfranchised all Asians, most native Hawaiians, reduced the Monarchy to a mere figurehead and insured white minority rule.
The Bayonet Constitution
Bayonet Constitution
The "Bayonet Constitution".
the bayonet constitution
The Bayonet constitution
It disenfranchised all Asians, most native Hawaiians, reduced the Monarchy to a mere figurehead and insured white minority rule.
It disenfranchised all Asians, most native Hawaiians, reduced the Monarchy to a mere figurehead and insured white minority rule.
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because it was just called the bayonet constitution by yuma ong
No, she served as a Constitutional Monarch under the Bayonet Constitution until she advocated a new constitution which restored equality to Asian Americans and restored the voting rights of Native Hawaiians. Those demands insured her overthrow and the creation of the Republic of Hawaii.
It was the forced signing of a Constitution that actually effected who could vote. (That's what changed from 1846 to the 1887 Constitution.) The King still had his powers but under much checks and balances. One must read this Constitution to have a full understanding: E:\Hawaii Laws\Kingdom of Hawaii Constitution of 1887.mht . StACEY W.hEA OLAGHERL W/HEA
he was forced to sign it