Echoes of Annexation: Hawaii’s Politics Turbulent Journey from Sovereignty to Subjugation
Words: 389 2159The saga of Hawaii's evolution from an autonomous kingdom to a territory annexed by the United States unfurls a tapestry interlaced with political machinations, fervent ambitions, and cultural convulsions. In 1887, the Bayonet Constitution materialized as a watershed moment, etching a new course for Hawaiian governance. King Kalakaua, ensnared by a coterie of influential elites, yielded to pressures and ratified a constitution that drastically clipped his powers. This document, signed metaphorically at the point of a bayonet, ceded substantial authority […]