The History Of The Aloha State

According to the information present in the speech given by a man named, Sanford J Dole, the Americans imperializing Hawai’i was a constructive motion. This is due to the fact that throughout the speech, Dole informs his audience on the benefits both the Hawaiians and Hawai’i would gain through Hawai’i being a territory of the United States(US). The speech was given on June 10th, 1900, at Iolani Palace, after Dole was elected to be the governor of the Territory of Hawai’i. As the speech is an original document, it is a primary source. Based on the information provided in the speech, the message Dole is trying to convey is that the day Hawai’i became a territory of the US, is one of the most important days in Hawaiian history. This is because

In the beginning, Hawaii was unknown to any humans. Polynesians eventually came across its islands, and decided to make it their home. In the early days, each island was ruled by a chief, and many times the islands were in conflict with each other. Centuries like this passed, but then "in 1782, [Queen Lili'uokalani's] cousin Kamehameha set out to conquer and unite the islands". Thirteen years later, in 1795, Kamehameha

In Ancient Hawaii, King Kamehameha the Great unified the Hawaiian Islands. After Kamehameha unified the islands he rewarded his loyal followers making them chiefs and letting them rule over the land. Then after Kamehameha the Great died his son Kamehameha III did very little to change the land ownership in Hawaii. But Kamehameha III divided the land into two separate categories with the Act of 1848 “The Great Mahele”. There was the Crown Lands that he kept for himself and the Government lands which were to be split between the commoners, government, and the chiefs. The Great Mahele of 1848 had social, political, and economical effects on the Native Hawaiians.

Before, the land belonged to the gods and not to the Hawaiians. After the Mahele, working class people like the maka’ainana could own land. The laws were changing because when the Mahele came about, new rules were made. Laws were changing to help Hawaii be more wealthy. Another example of a political impact is how lands were being distributed (Hio). Lands are being distributed unfairly because when Kamehameha III distributed the land, the Hawaiians have to work for the people who own the land. The Kuleana Act of 1850 allowed the Hawaiians to own land, but there were certain requirements to own land. Those requirements were that they would have to survey the land, present the claim with the Land Commission and file claim by 1854. People could claim someone’s land if they didn’t live on it for 10 years. This was called the Alien Act of 1850. The Hawaiians that owned land, lost it because they couldn’t pay the taxes, they did not occupy, or care for their land. Hawaiians didn’t have enough money, they lacked knowledge/experience with the law, and missed the 1854

Hawaii’s short story had many important events one including the Great Mahele or the great land division. The Mahele was the division of Hawaii’s land that altered the Hawaiian lifestyle permanently never returning. According to Star Advertiser, the Mahele in place in 1848, the land divided into four categories, consisting of land owned by the king, ali’i, land set aside to purchase, and land worked by the maka’ainana. At the time, foreigners living in Hawaii was frequent, as many stayed for the “paradise lifestyle,” but as time went on, possessing land seemed as it should be legal and allowed. In Hawaii, natives believed that the land did not belong to people, but the land belonged to the gods and they thought the foreigners way of thinking was bizarre. However, Kamehameha III had a different perspective on this idea, for he wanted to ensure that no hostile takeovers or wars would break out if the foreigners were being neglected (Borreca). The Mahele did not benefit the Hawaiians because the interaction of foreigners left the Hawaiians with little

As the oldest island in Hawaii, Kauai has a wealth of history. Over the years, it has gone from ancient battlefields to a modern economy. First inhabited around 200 to 600 AD, the original settlers most likely reached Kauai from the Marquesas Islands nearly 2,000 miles away. Since these early immigrants arrived, an estimated 1,000 of the 1,300 species on Kauai have gone extinct. Centuries later, the Tahitians arrived and took over the island from the shorter Marquesans.

To understand the native Hawaiian’s perspective of the Mahele, one must first learn the Hawaiian mentality. In Hawaiian culture it is believed that Wakea (sky-father) and Papahanaumoku (earth-mother) are the parents of the Hawaiian islands. If anything the Hawaiian islands belonged to Wakea and Papa. The islands, being born from an akua (God) was therefore an akua itself. Land in

On January 27, 1848, King Kamehameha created The Mahele to protect Hawaiians from foreigners taking over land. During the Mahele, the ali’i, maka’ainana, and the king had 33% of land but over time, it has changed. The Mahele happened because the foreigners wanted to gain control of the land but King Kamehameha III wanted the Hawaiians to have land, too. Their solution was that they made the Mahele to prevent foreigners from gaining control of the land (Cachola). The Mahele was unjustified because it gave Hawaiians only 1% of land when they should’ve had 33%, the government made the land prices too high, and the maka’ainana barely had any resources ever since the foreigners started to arrive.

The Hawaiians were further depicted as "thieves" like the rest of the "people in Polynesia," and plagued with the barbaric accusation of committing infanticide. These so called "facts" were enough for the Euro-American forces to send out missionaries to regulate the Hawaiian people and take over their land and all their practices. (Stannard, 381- 417)

According to Jean Iwata Cachola who wrote Land Ownership, Hawaiians originally Hawaiians had 33% of the land, the rest going to the government, but eventually the divisions changed and they ended with less than 1%. The Resident Alien Act of July 10, 1850, gave foreigners the right to buy land in fee simple. Fee simple means that land is owned rather than leased it. It also means that people who own land may sell that land or pass it on to their sons and daughters. This is the way the foreigners understood and wanted for Hawaii. The Kuleana Act of August 1850 made it possible for Hawaiians to own land in fee simple. Many Hawaiians lacked experience and knowledge to own land, so it was taken away. According to Richard Borreca of the Star-Bulletin, Many Hawaiians couldn’t afford taxes, so their land was auctioned off. The Hawaiians who didn’t have land had no materials to live. After all of that, Hawaiians lost almost all of the land

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

The history of sports in the country of Alpakia goes back to the beginning of the discovery of Alpakia. The native people of Alpakia created an every year event starting on the first day of the summer solstice. The Summer Solstice Relay for the Alpakian natives was a time of excitement and warship for the religious natives hailing the Alpakian gods. There was one god that these games were contributed too whose name was Kaiapuni, the god of the environment. These relays would be honored to the god of environment because she gave them so much to work with and brought praise to the beautiful island of Alpakia. The Summer Solstice Relay included a run around the body of the island starting at Xodon, and returning back

Hawaiian is unique among the fifty states, especially in regards to its native music form, which is still preformed, and captivates audiences even today. Hawaiian chanting, music, and dance are not only key parts of life on the island, but have also become cultural icons as well as profound symbols of nature and religion in Hawaii. Hawaii has a rich history, beginning with the early settlers from Polynesia who brought their traditions and religions to Hawaii. Over the years, the inhabitants took those traditions and adapted them to their new home, creating the definitive culture that, even with Western influences, still is a captivating force within the society.

Hawaii land laws started after the death of Kim Kamehameha I in 1819, and after 36 years the laws was modernized. In the this particular area they have given information about Land Titles, Hawaiian Law and Kamaaina, The Great Mahele of 1848, Land court, Surveys at that time, Water Boundaries and Adverse Possession. In the land surveys of Puerto Rican the land boundaries law are not allowed in U.S mainland, also in this survey they mentioned the Old Spanish Surveys, Modern Land Subdivisions, Natural Watercources, Land Parcel Research, Survey Authority, Preparation of Deeds and Descriptions and Registration of Land Titles. Further they mentioned about the Mineral Surveys which was the consideration of Congress and on May 20, 1785 it reserved most of the minerals. The Further description is about the Water and Mineral Right Law, Land Open to Appropriation of Minerals, the three term veins, lodes, or lodges, Extralateral and Intralimital Rights in which they have shown in the picture that extralateral rights follows the downward course of veins. There’s more information about the Mill Sites, Tunnel Locations, Size of Claims, Discovery, Locations, Possession, Annual Expenditures, Requirements for Patent, United States Mineral Surveyors, and Survey of the

Noteworthy (novelty T-shirts still available) for our state fish, the Humuhumunukunukuapua’a; King Kamehameha - so great they named him twice; a thirteen letter alphabet - five vowels, seven consonants, and one glottal (‘) stop; Iolani and Punahou, two prominent private schools - the latter, former President Obama’s alma mater; and lastly, our celebrated spirit of a-LO-ha. I should note as an aside, in the Hawaiian language there are two fundamental, cardinal rules that you may have already gleaned from the above meandering narrative: a vowel must separate every consonant and the stressed accent must fall on the penultimate syllable; thus, easily enabling one to identify the Locals from Posers and Tourists, who boldly go where no Native Islander dares to tread - into the mythical and price gouging land of