Hawaii History

On March 25, a “300-man” Japanese force launched a final attack that imposed more than 100 casualties on U.S. Iwo Jima was declared conquered by Chester Nimitz on March 14, 1945. He said, “all powers of government of the Japanese Empire in these islands are hereby suspended.” Although Chester declared it, he also declared it too early, and therefore it didn’t put a stop to the fighting on the island. It’s said that Kuribayashi actually lead the attack himself.

American Hawaii Hawaii is known for its beautiful beaches, it’s nice year-round weather, and its culture. Thousands of vacationers come to Hawaii each year to get away from the stressful city and relax. But do they know how cruel the Americans were to the natives? Do they know how we corrupted their culture and their religion? Do they know how Hawaii really became a state? Probably not. When most people think of Hawaii, they think of happy Hawaiian babes hula dancing and palm trees swaying in the warm breeze. Hawaii has still held on to many of their traditions although they were invaded by Americans. But you have to go to a museum to see their old way of life. Hawaii is now populated mostly by Americans.

Less than ten percent of Hawaii’s population is true, native, pureblooded Hawaiian. The influx of immigrants came as an reaction to find work for the sugar fields. The Chinese immigration into Hawaii began in the latter part of the eighteenth century. They were the first wave of immigrants to arrive on the islands, followed by Japanese, Portuguese, Filipinos, and Koreans. It has been noted in history, as far back as Captain Cook’s arrival in 1778, that Chinese presence began to occur. Since the increasing trade between China and North America, Hawai’i became an essential stop along the trade route. The first group of indentured Chinese plantation recruits arrived in 1852. “Between 1852 and 1856, several thousand Chinese were brought into

Kamehameha established foreign advisers, he successfully made Hawaii an important pit stop for all foreigners .Kamehameha also made laws and a royal monopoly for the sandalwood trade to stop people from only cutting sandalwood

Slowly but surely the American soldiers made progress and secured some of the airfields because by the beginning of March, two thirds of the island was captured by American soldiers because they had a strong Marine base and were able to push the Japanese back.

and about 60 Japanese, (although it is tough to figure out how many Japanese), people

The United States annexes Hawaii in 1900. At first missionaries and whalers were the first americans to settle in hawaii, and then american settlers started growing sugar to

The Overthrow was when the United State troops illegally went on Hawaiian soil and brought 14,000 rounds of ammunition, which resulted in the Hawaii losing control of their country. The U.S minister, Stevens was responsible for illegally surrounding the palace and for threatening to kill the Queen and destroy the palace if not signing a contract to abdicate her from the throne. The overthrow was unjustified because the Annexationists accused Queen Lili‘uokalani of plotting against the government because she wanted to write a new constitution. The reason the Annexationists found out was because the Queen told the cabinet her plan to change the constitution, which resulted in a leak of information.

John L. Stevens came to the island of Oahu in September 1889, acting as the U.S. Minister to Hawaii. While his mission in Hawaii was not clearly stated, his political actions on the islands clearly showed that Stevens thought that the annexation of Hawaii was proper and inevitable.

A large number of Japanese initially migrated to Hawaii in the late 18th and early 19th century as a result of enormous boom in Hawaiian sugar industry. They also entered

On the 21st of August 1959, a small colony of inhabited Polynesian volcanic rock located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean became the 50th state named “Hawai’i”. Before Hawai’i became the 50th State, foreigners from the United States attempted to annex Hawai’i from its people and the Hawaiian Monarch for political and military gains. It all started as far back as 1893 when Hawai’i was ruled by Hawaiian Kings and Queens. All three attempts at annexation the United States Diplomats and foreigners failed until 1959 when Hawai’i declared Statehood. The United States Government and its political leaders celebrated along with a small portion of native islanders but sadden and dismayed the majority of native people felt it’s island being stolen

According to Spirit of Aloha’s article “The Overthrow of the Monarchy” by Pat Pitzer, the Hawaiian queen Lili`uokalani was overthrown in January 17, 1893. The overthrow was done by a group of American business men calling themselves the Committee of Safety and the American Minister in Hawai`i, Minister Stevens. The troops of Minister Stevens surround the Iolani Palace, where the queen is. To prevent bloodshed, the queen peacefully gave up her throne to the United States. The doings of the Committee of Safety and Minister Stevens is in fact completely illegal. The overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy can make life better for the Hawai`i better by annexing to the United States, however, the overthrow is bad because

Hawaii, translated from the ancient Hawaiian language should mean paradise because that's what it is. Hawaii has a climate that varies only several degrees in temperature year round and the sun always shines. The rainy season is in January, but it isn't so rainy that it deters visitors. In fact, winter is one of the most popular times of year to visit Hawaii. This is probably because it is cold and dreary just about everywhere else in the United States. Hawaii makes for the perfect getaway for Californians because it is only about a three-hour flight.

During the Aleutian Island Campaign of WWII, the capture of Attu eliminated the Japanese Aleutian occupation and enabled the United States to launch raids against the Japanese from the north. This action took place from May 11th to May 30th 1943 and was the final battle of the campaign which officially ended on August 15, 1943. This paper will set the stage for the battle, describe the actions that took place and assess the significance of the battle. Information regarding the battle is taken primarily from a summary by The War Department, Military History Online, and various personal accounts gathered by the Washington Infantry Journal. These sources will give an in detail look at what happened at Attu, with the primary bias due to only

On May 4-6th General Ushijima ordered his troops to commence a land and sea kamikaze air counter offensive. The impossible purpose behind this was to recapture all ground lost to the Allies. All efforts ended in extreme disappointment to the General. The kamikazes were annihilated and their land troops devastated by mortar, artillery, and machine gun fire. Col. Hiromichi