The First People From The Polynesians

These religious radicals started a domino affect of the Hawaiian religion. The Hawaiians destroyed and burned their feared idols. The people who still held on the old belifes were murdered. This goes to show how a religion can either hold a society together or tear it apart. Henry Obookiah was born in Hawaii. His family was murdered in a war between neighboring islands. He decided to find a new life in America, so he hopped aboard a trading ship and landed in New England. Obookiah stayed with a Christian family and went to a foreign mission school. Obookiah was taught to be a good Christian gentlemen. He told Americans about the religious chaos in Hawaii saying: "Hawaii gods; the wood- they burn. Me go home, put em in a fire, burn ‘em up. They no see, no hear, no anything. We make ‘em. Our god, He make us"(The Hawaiian Islands P. 30). Christian New Englanders were amazed by Obookiah’s enlightenment in America. New England Christians were motivated to spread the faith into Hawaii. The first American settlers were Christian missionaries from New England. The Missionaries came to the Hawaiian shores aboard the Thaddeus on March 31, 1819. The Americans were treated very well by the natives. They were eager to learn from the missionaries. Without the strict supervision of their former gods and superstitions, Hawaiians were celebrating new freedom. They drank, they partied,

The first missionaries arrived to the Hawaiian Islands in 1820 and made a lot of changes to Hawaii when they arrived, both good and bad. When the missionaries arrived to the islands they thought of the natives as savages. They all needed to become converts to followers of Christ, drop their own beliefs and pick up new ones. They also sought out to “civilize” the natives, by teaching them how to read and write, sing and Christianize them. Hiram Bingham and Asa Thurston were the first of many missionaries to arrive in Hawaii. The Queen at the time, Kaahumanu accepted the arrival of the missionaries from New England to teach their religion. Although there were many positive affects of missionary that came to the Hawaiian Islands, there

A driving force in the economy was the new potential immigrants looking for jobs on the sugarcane farms. The sugar export industry didn’t surge until the 1860s, when access to Southern sugar was cut off during the Civil War. In order for this industry to be commercially profitable, it was necessary to import foreign laborers due to all the external, Western diseases that had wiped out the native population, and the remaining natives were not enough to keep the workforce profitable. The sandalwood trade had already established a relationship between Hawai‘i and China. Furthermore, civil unrest and natural disasters in China made the country difficult to earn a living. Thus, Hawai‘i became an attractive destination for Chinese immigrants — mostly married males who set out to earn money for their families back in China.

In Ancient Hawai‘i, the islands were ruled by chiefs who had the responsibility of the well being of his people and for managing the island’s resources. The islands were divided into different sections known as the ahupua‘a. There are four sections that makes up an ahupua‘a the first is the mokupuni (island) which is divided into several moku (district) then divided into ahupua‘a (land section) and lastly, divided into an ‘ili (smaller land section). In the ahupua‘a there are three main areas of land which includes uka (upland), kula (plains), and kai (ocean).

Although the word Hawaiian League sounds like it is for the Hawaiians, this was to reform the monarchy. The Hawaiian League was established and sorted out by Lorrin A. Thurston, a lawyer and missionary grandson. The significant event that was illegal was the Bayonet Constitution. The Hawaiian League made King Kalakaua sign the Bayonet Constitution in 1887, while the individuals from the Hawaiian League pointed bayonets at him. This was the reason why the name was Bayonet Constitution. So then the Bayonet Constitution changed the structure of power by reducing king’s power, which made him a mere figurehead

A man named John Stevens assisted the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom illegally, by bringing American troops, and machinery to the Iolani Palace. The day, January 16, 1893, is the day that Stevens brought 162 armed sailors, and marines. This is going against the law, because the international law says that using armed troops on an independent nation is illegal. In addition, Stevens is a minister. He has no power to summon American troops, and bring in the USS Boston (Potter, Kadson, Rayson).

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 new religion gave jobs back and also gave the Hawaiians something new for them to believe in. A new language opened up a bunch of opportunities for the Hawaiians and helped the Hawaiians more technology. Also, the new technology helped make Hawaii become more civilized and make life and chores easier. This is how the missionaries brought benefits to the

The expedition spent the winter at Fort Mandan and Sacajawea 's baby, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, was born on Feb. 11 or 12, 1805. He was also given the Shoshone name, Pomp, meaning First Born.The expedition resumed the westward trek on April 7, 1805. Their route was along the Missouri River, west to the mountains. On May 14, 1805 an incident occurred which was typical of the calmness and self-possession Sacajawea was to display throughout the journey. The incident was recorded in the diaries because of it 's significance to the success of the expedition. On that day, the boat Sacajawea was in was hit by a sudden storm squall. It keeled over on it 's side and nearly capsized. As the other members of the crew worked desperately to right the boat, Sacajawea, with her baby strapped to her back, busied herself with retrieving the valuable books and instruments that floated out of the boat. They had been wrapped in waterproof packages for protection and, thanks to Sacajawea 's courage and quick actions, suffered no damage.On August 15, 1805 Sacajawea was re-united with her tribe, only to learn that all her family had died, with the exception of two brothers and the son of her oldest sister, whom she adopted. One of her brothers, Cameahwait, was head chief of the Shoshone. The Shoshone chief agreed to sell the party the horses they needed for the trek through the mountains. He also sketched a map of the country to the west and provided a guide, Old Toby,

As a result to new people coming into colonizes Hawaii and its people, the Hawaiians suffered many consequences. Formerly, the Hawaiian Islands remained isolated from the rest of the world. Once they were tainted with outside contact, the Hawaiians quickly fell ill with disease causing their population to go on rapid decline. Smaller populations allowed the missionaries to eventually gain more control. Eventually hula was prohibited, as well as the language and other past times, the final straw coming down to Hawaii's illegal annexation. The Hawaiian culture was almost lost completely; but if so it would have been legitimate to the missionaries because they were indeed "helping" these indigenous peoples become less savage like and closer to God.

It’s 1819. The Hawaiian Islands was subdued as a great misfortune had passed. King Kamehameha has died. The news burdened everyone who heard it, as Kamehameha was a great leader, perhaps the best. The Kahuna will retell of his accomplishments; the strength he possessed to unify the Hawaiian Islands, the wisdom he used to rule the Islands, the imposing influence he had on every person he met, and much more.

The overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom led to Hawaii being annexed to the United States. The overthrow involved many people and groups who supported Hawaii being annexed, such as Lorrin Thurston and The Committee of Safety. However, there were also many people who were against it including, Robert Wilcox, James Blount, and Aloha Aina. The overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom happened on January 17, 1893, where the provisional government took over and declared martial law in Hawaii. The Hawaiian Kingdom was officially annexed by the United States on August 12, 1898. The overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom was unjustified because King Kalakaua was forced to sign the Bayonet constitution of 1887 which took all the power away from him and the monarchy.

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 Great Land Division. King Kamehameha III originally divided the land between three groups, kings, ali’i, and the makaainana. This happened because King Kamehameha III didn't want the foreigners to take the land by force (Borreca). The land later on was divided into even more groups and the foreigners were interested in the land. They would take advantage by starting currency in Hawaii, and because of this, most of the Hawaiians had a hard time or struggled to survive (Cachola). The Great Mahele of 1848 was unjustified because the land was taken away by foreigners,

Still in the 1900’s the land of hawaii

Between 1642 and prior to the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, many European traders and missionaries arrived, bringing changes for Māori. They impacted the Māori society and introduced many new things to the Māori like pigs, muskets, tobacco and alcohol. Missionaries also influenced Māori and introduced Māori to Christianity and to the written language. Europeans changed the lifestyle of Māori, civilised Māori and taught them farming skills and new types of agricultural cultivation.

My name is Oliver Kirby and I am a historian. For many years now I have been deeply invested in the study of South American and Polynesian history. The magazine ‘The Good Weekend’ approached me with an opportunity to write an article discussing the rise and expansion of Easter Island and then its decline. I will also be discussing if what happened to Easter Island is a microcosm of what might happen to the rest of the world.