Lorrin Thurston

U.S. Marines Land in Honolulu, American Businessmen Overthrow Hawaiian Kingdom and Depose Queen Liliuokalani in Illegal Coup

1893-01-17 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

On January 16, 1893, U.S. Minister to Hawaii John L. Stevens orders 162 U.S. sailors and marines from the USS Boston to land in Honolulu under the pretense of protecting American lives and property. The following day, January 17, a Committee of Safety consisting of thirteen men—seven foreign …

Queen Liliuokalani John L. Stevens Committee of Safety Sanford B. Dole Lorrin Thurston +4 more institutional-capture systematic-corruption indigenous-rights military-intervention sovereignty-theft +2 more

Armed Militia Forces King Kalakaua to Sign "Bayonet Constitution," Stripping Hawaiian Sovereignty and Disenfranchising Native Hawaiians

1887-07-06 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

On July 6, 1887, the Hawaiian League—a secret organization of white American and European businessmen, lawyers, sugar planters, and missionary descendants—backed by the armed Honolulu Rifles militia, forces King Kalakaua at gunpoint to sign a new constitution that radically restructures the Hawaiian …

King Kalakaua Hawaiian League Sanford B. Dole Lorrin Thurston Honolulu Rifles +4 more institutional-capture systematic-corruption indigenous-rights voter-suppression colonial-exploitation +1 more