1887 Constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom information
Legal document drafted by anti-monarchists
King David Kalākaua (left) signed the 1887 Constitution under threat of deposition; Lorrin A. Thurston (right) was one of its writers.
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The 1887 Constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom was a legal document prepared by anti-monarchists to strip the absolute Hawaiian monarchy of much of its authority, initiating a transfer of power to a coalition of American, European and native Hawaiian people. It became known as the Bayonet Constitution for the rising by the armed militia which forced King Kalākaua to sign it or be deposed.[2][3]
^Spencer, Thomas P. (1895). Kaua Kuloko 1895. Honolulu: Papapai Mahu Press Publishing Company. OCLC 19662315.
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