High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Hawaii Democratic Revolution of 1954 was a nonviolent revolution that took place in the Hawaiian Archipelago consisting of general strikes, protests, and other acts of civil disobedience. The Revolution culminated in the territorial elections of 1954 where the reign of the Hawaii Republican Party in the legislature came to an abrupt end, as they were voted out of office to be replaced by members of the Democratic Party of Hawaii. The strikes by the Isles` labor workers demanded similar pay and benefits to their Mainland counterparts. The strikes also crippled the power of the sugar plantations and the Big Five Oligopoly over their workers.