timeline of overthrow of the monarchy

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  • the reign of king kalakaua

    the reign of king kalakaua

    David kalakaua ran for king and won after all of the kamehameha kings died making him the first elected king of hawaii.
  • the creation of the hawaiian league

    the creation of the hawaiian league

    A secret society was made in January 1887 and consisted of thirteen people. It was called the hawaiian league. their leader was Lorrin A. Thurston
  • the bayonet constitution

    the bayonet constitution

    On June 6, 1887 King kalakaua was forced to sign a new treaty at gunpoint, which gave the law the name “bayonet constitution.”
  • McKinley Act

    McKinley Act

    The McKinley Tariff, which increased import taxes on foreign sugar, was adopted by Congress in 1890. As a result of Hawaiian sugar growers now being undersold in the American market, a depression engulfed the islands.

  • death of king Kalakaua

    In 1891 died from bright’s disease in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
  • Queen Liliʻuokalani's reign

    Queen Liliʻuokalani's reign

    King Kalākaua died in January 1891, and Liliuokalani took over as queen.

  • The overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani

    Queen Liliʻuokalani was pushed to resign by a group of businessmen and sugar planters.

  • the New Constitution

    In order to restore the privileges that the 1887 Bayonet Constitution had taken away from the monarch and the populace, Queen Liliuokalani attempted to publish a new constitution.