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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
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
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
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
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.
