106: The US Annexation of the Hawaiian Kingdom
Publisher |
Prof. Greg Jackson
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
History
Society & Culture
Categories Via RSS |
Education
History
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Feb 28, 2022
Episode Duration |
00:54:40
“You have my love, and with sorrow I dismiss you.” This is the story of the Hawaiian Kingdom’s end. Queen Liliuokalani hates the Constitution of 1887–or “Bayonet” Constitution, as it’s known, since her predecessor and brother King Kalakaua signed it under duress. Under this constitution, wealth rather than citizenship determines who votes. This means a lot of wealthy sugar-planting foreigners of American and European origin control the legislature while few native Hawaiians are enfranchised.  Liliu is determined to change this. But can she beat back these sugar planters? Or will they dethrone her? The battlelines are drawn … Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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