Pre-Kingdom Hawaii

At this tense meeting with considerable distrust and suspicion evident in the faces, speeches and body language of the Samoan chiefs, the High Chief expressed considerable skepticism about American plans for the island, such as providing more education in English, teaching the young marketable skills, and developing the country. Being educated at the University of Hawaii, the High Chief would have had very good reason to be suspicious of the intentions of the United States, even when its representatives expressed their goodwill toward the Native peoples and desire to bring 'progress; and 'modernization. He would have learned about the wars against the Native Americans from the 17th to the 19th Centuries, for example, the annexation of Hawaii in 1898, and the Philippines War of 1899-1902, if indeed he had not known all about these before.

Interesting question Jason. Since Kathryn D. has already covered Hawaii’s composition as an island, I’ll try to address your question about whether Hawaii will attach to a larger continent or reabsorb into the earth. Islands, just like any other landmass, float on the lithosphere below the crust in a state known as isostatic equilibrium. The most common causes of island formation is volcanic activity (which formed Hawaii) and continental drift. The effects of plate tectonics can already be noticed in areas throughout Hawaii. For example, researchers have noticed that the Oahu Mountain is being slowly pushed northwest. This falls in line with scientist’s belief that within the next 50 to 200 million years, all of Earth's continents will combine

This ensured people stayed modest and humble and never got ahead of themselves. An example of the value of equality being demonstrated lies in the principle that the owner of the arrow that killed an animal had the right to distribute meat from animal, and not the hunter himself who actually did the hard work. Another example would be the system of the unequal gift exchange: when one gifted something to someone, and in reciprocation received something, it might not necessarily be equivalent in value. Richard Lee, a famous anthropologist was told that the practice was aimed at leveling wealth, not accumulating it, which in turn had an important repercussion of establishing social relations. In stark contrast the Chumash made a glaring show of their individual prosperity and their inequality in economic and social status by publicly displaying their wealth as exemplified in their burials, clothing, houses, and the adornments on their heads and collars. They additionally leaned towards private accumulation rather than sharing and equality.

In 1848, An event called the “Mahele” changed the traditional Hawaiian system of land tenure from communal use to private ownership (Kameeleihiwa 3). Events in the past of Hawaii, like the Mahele of 1848, left a devastating mark in Hawaii’s history; It helped eventually lead to the overthrow of the monarch and still affects today’s problems in Hawaii.

The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom was on January 17, 1893 when the government's power fell in the foreigners hands who supported annexation. The Annexation Club focused on overthrowing the Queen and seeking annexation to the United States. This was caused by the McKinley Tariff Act by the United States which the Reciprocity Treaty on tariff that helped protect both United States and Hawaii sugar growers was now removed and the Hawaiians had a huge disadvantage because of the tariffs the Hawaiians need to pay. This was horrible for the foreigners because now that there was no more reciprocity treaty, the Hawaiians had to pay for the tariffs once again. The overthrow was unjustified for the Hawaiians because of John Stevens actions and the Hawaiian League.

In Hawaii, changes were going by fast as the population of the foreigners increasing and land being in demand, so because of this, the Great Mahele of 1848 occurred also known as the Land Division. King Kamehameha III divided the land between three groups. These three groups were, kings, alii, and the people living on the island such as the foreigners, makaainana, and commoners. The foreigners wanted more land because they believed that more land more power and because of this, most of the hawaiians had a hard time or struggled to survive (Mahele Notes). The Great Mahele of 1848 was unjustified because of all the things that occurred to the hawaiians and the result.

In the 1820’s Missionaries have been starting to visit Hawaii inspired by Henry Obookiah who the first Hawaiian Missionary. Henry Obookiah was a Hawaiian missionary that told the English about the Hawaiian religion and how it works, and it convinced the English to go and spread their religion. But not everything ended well according to the plan for the Hawaiians. People only notice the negative effects that the missionaries cause the Hawaiians to go through, but they miss the benefits that the missionaries gave the Hawaiians. Although the missionaries have brought negative effects to the Hawaiians, they also have given the Hawaiians some benefits with the new religion, new language, and new technology.

The textbook portrays the annexation of Hawaii in a positive light, stating that America had saved Hawaii from its numerous economic pitfalls and had thus mutually benefitted both countries. The McKinley tariff of 1890 was the fist around Hawaii’s throat, for it barred the sale of Hawaiian

Most makaainana became part of unpaid labor, worked on sugar plantations, or homeless (Cachola). This happened because Hawaiians couldn't pay the taxes so the land was being taken away by foreigners (Borreca). Before the Great Mahele of 1848, the people would share the land and not have many problems in their apua'a. When the Great Mahele of 1848 occurred, land was in demand so Kamehameha III split the land and the people living on the island would get 33 % of it, but after that, the foreigners sought more land, so the foreigners would take the land and only 1 % of land was owned by the Hawaiians with many of the Hawaiians suffering, struggling to

Kamehameha the Great was a remarkable leader who was born and raised in secrecy because of complications until his early teenage years, where he was accepted back into his community. Kamehameha was raised to become a skillful warrior with perspective. This became useful to Kamehameha when war had broken out. The ali’is of Hawai’i raced to claim control over the islands. By the end of the sparring, Kamehameha’s enemies had either been annihilated in war, offered as a sacrifice, or claimed by nature—except for Kaumauali’i of Kauai. However, instead of battling for dominance over Hawai’i, the two leaders came to a consensus and Hawai’i was given peace for the first time in years. During his rule, Kamehameha—with the help

As stated by the Ke Kukui Foundation, in 1900, only 30,000 people were of pure Hawaiian blood and over the next 45 years, the population for pure Hawaiians will come to extinction. Even back in the early development of the Hawaiian society, one’s intentions and actions shaped the further growth for their people, government, and everyday life. Although this topic is debatable about who it really benefited, the foreigners or the Hawaiians, the finger is turned to the side of the foreigners. The Hawaiians were strong, independent individuals, that carried themselves through hardships brought upon them, before their intruders came to their islands. The outcome from over a hundred years that missionaries had on the

Who: In Hawaii Queen Lili’uokalani was the monarch in the Hawaii Imperialism. They decided to change their mind about rejecting treaty when the U.S.S boat exploded.

Why does one nation strike against another? It strives to rise in social, political, and economical power. In over fifty countries around the world, Steven Kenzer reported government change, revolution, and social disturbance, one being in Hawaii. Hawaii was in the middle of a huge argument between modern ways of thinking and acting, and tradition. A small group of conspirators attempted to overthrow Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii’s government.

The first documented contact between Europe and Hawaii was in 1778 by British explorer Captain James Cooke. Cooke named the islands the Sandwich Islands in honor of his financial sponsor John Montegu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich. On his second visit to the islands, Cooke and his men got into a dispute with the natives over a stolen boat and Cooke and four shipmates were killed. The remaining sailors retreated without the boat. Because of Cooke 's discovery, many explorers, traders, and missionaries came to the Hawaiian Islands from Europe and the United States for supplies and it 's convenient location as a stopping point on the way to Asia. The visitors introduced many new diseases to the natives causing the island populations to decrease by approximately fifty percent. Measles killed a fifth of Hawaii’s people in the 1850’s. (history.com)

In spite the fact that Mongol living dictated that the men and women in the society share many of the duties of daily life, each also had more gender specific chores. When the men were not at war, they would make the necessary equipment for battle, and take care of the horses. The men of the tribe were also responsible for the hunting needs of the family. On the other hand, the women of the tribe were often responsible for driving the wagons, which contained all of the family’s belongings, when migrating from one location to the next. They also had the task of setting up and taking down the tents or yurts as they migrated along the steppe.