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Background
Kamehameha V ascended the throne in 1863. He was a
firm believer that the king should be the person firmly in
control of Hawaii's government, as it had been done in
Hawaii for hundreds of years before the passage of the
1840 and 1852 constitutions. Kamehameha V (as well as
his predecessor, Kamehameha IV) was often irritated by
the controls on his power by the 1852 constitution.
Thus, when Kamehameha V ascended the throne, he
refused to take an oath to the 1852 constitution. Instead,
he called for a constitutional convention.
Kamehameha V quickly grew impatient and dissolved the convention. Then, he simply announced that his
constitution would replace the 1852 constitution as the ultimate law of the land, even though Kamehameha V's
actions did not follow the provisions set by the 1852 constitution on amending the constitution.
References
Potter, Norris W. and Kasdon, Lawrence M. Hawaii, our Island State. Columbus, Ohio: Charles E. Merrill Books,
Inc., 1964.
External links
Text of the Kingdom of Hawaii's Constitution of 1864 [2]
1864 Constitution [3] (scanned images)
1864 Constitution [4] (Full text, with access to the English translation, and other resources)
References
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License
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