text:  On July 6, 1887, King Kalakaua was forced to sign a new constitution, which has become known as the Bayonet Constitution, which, among other things, took away the right of Hawaiians to vote in elections. In June of 1886, 80 Hawaiian warriors known as Nama Makakaua, led by Robert Wilcox, tried unsuccessfully to take over Iolani Palace in protest to the changes.