Bayonet Constitution of 1887

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The Bayonet Constitution of 1887 was a coerced Hawaiian Kingdom charter that drastically reduced the monarch’s power and disenfranchised many Native Hawaiian and Asian subjects, paving the way for increased foreign control and eventual annexation by the United States.

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Bayonet Constitution of 1887 canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf charter ⓘ
constitution ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
legal document ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1887 Constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom ⓘ
Bayonet Constitution ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Hawaiian Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Hawaii
cause reduction of royal prerogatives ⓘ
characterizedAs coerced charter ⓘ
instrument of oligarchic control ⓘ
coercedBy Honolulu Rifles ⓘ
Reform Party of the Hawaiian Kingdom ⓘ
foreign business interests ⓘ
white settler oligarchy ⓘ
containsProvision expansion of powers of the legislature ⓘ
income-based suffrage requirements ⓘ
limitation of monarch’s power to dismiss cabinet ⓘ
oath requirements favoring foreign interests ⓘ
property-based suffrage requirements ⓘ
requirement that cabinet be approved by legislature ⓘ
contributedTo eventual annexation of Hawaii by the United States in 1898 ⓘ
overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1893 ⓘ
political instability in the Hawaiian Kingdom ⓘ
country Hawaiian Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Hawaii
dateEnacted 1887-07-06 ⓘ
effect consolidation of power by sugar planters ⓘ
disenfranchisement of many Asian subjects ⓘ
disenfranchisement of many Native Hawaiian subjects ⓘ
drastic reduction of monarch’s power ⓘ
exclusion of most Asians from suffrage ⓘ
granting of voting rights to many non-citizen residents of European or American descent ⓘ
increased control by American and European businessmen ⓘ
political empowerment of foreign residents ⓘ
restriction of voting rights through income qualifications ⓘ
restriction of voting rights through property qualifications ⓘ
strengthening of legislature over monarchy ⓘ
transfer of authority from monarch to cabinet ⓘ
weakening of Native Hawaiian political influence ⓘ
followedBy Constitutional proposals of Queen Liliʻuokalani in 1893 ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
imposedOn King Kalākaua ⓘ
linked to: King Kalakaua
language English ⓘ
Hawaiian ⓘ
legalStatus imposed under duress ⓘ
location Hawaii ⓘ
Honolulu ⓘ
Oʻahu ⓘ
linked to: Oahu
mainProponent Lorrin A. Thurston ⓘ
Sanford B. Dole ⓘ
monarch King Kalākaua ⓘ
linked to: King Kalakaua
opposedBy Native Hawaiian nationalists ⓘ
Queen Liliʻuokalani ⓘ
linked to: Queen Liliuokalani
partOf history of United States expansionism ⓘ
history of the Hawaiian Kingdom ⓘ
politicalAlignment pro-annexation interests ⓘ
pro-oligarchy ⓘ
replaced 1864 Constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom ⓘ
year 1887 ⓘ

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King Kalākaua → notableEvent → Bayonet Constitution of 1887 ⓘ
subject linked to: King Kalakaua
Kingdom of Hawaii → constitution → Bayonet Constitution of 1887 ⓘ
House of Kalākaua → associatedEvent → Bayonet Constitution of 1887 ⓘ
United States–Hawaii relations → significantEvent → Bayonet Constitution of 1887 ⓘ
Constitution of 1852 → precedes → Bayonet Constitution of 1887 ⓘ
Constitution of 1864 → precedes → Bayonet Constitution of 1887 ⓘ
Constitution of 1864 → inForceUntil → Bayonet Constitution of 1887 ⓘ