section_path: History around the world/Kingdom of Hawai'i
section_name: Kingdom of Hawai'i
paragraph_text: Kingdom of Hawai'i
  
  In 1840, the king of Hawai'i issued a constitution that granted universal suffrage without mention of sex or age, but later amendments added restrictions, as the influence of Caucasian settlers increased:
  
  Hawai'i lost its independence in 1893.