The Bayonet Constitution

PBS Learning Media
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Classroom Material
Keywords
GBH WGBH American Experience AMEX United States U.S. History Collection U.S. history us history history social studies American history ushist22 Hawaiian League The Bayonet Constitution King David Kalakaua Pearl Harbor Lorrin Thurston sovereignty Hawaiian kingdom missionaries the Honolulu Rifles sugar sugar plantations sugar trade imperialism foreign policy territorial expansion
Subjects
History-Social Science
Grade Levels
Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
Audience
Classroom Teacher / Educator
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The Bayonet Constitution

Learn how a secret league of landowners, joined by an armed militia, forced Hawaiian King David Kalakaua to sign what he called “The Bayonet Constitution,” making him a puppet ruler and giving them a greater say in the government, in this video from Hawaii's Last Queen | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.

 
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