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Hawaii History
Hawaii was first settled by Polynesian
people. The process by which this took place is still a matter of debate
among archaelogists, with some favoring in a theory of a single continuous
migration, and others favoring a theory involving two separate waves
of migration.
It is not certain when the Europeans first visited the islands, but it is possible
that Spanish explorers may have reached the islands during the 16th
century. When British navigator, Captain James Cook encountered the islands
in 1778, he was surprised to find them, and named them the Sandwich Islands
after the First Lord of the Admiralty, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, John Montagu.
Hawaii was united under a single ruler, Kamehameha I, for the first time
in 1810. Until 1816, the chiefs considered the islands under British
protection and flew the Union Jack. Hawaii then adopted a similar flag
to the present Hawaiistate flag with a Union Jack in the canton (the top corner
nearest the flagpole) and eight horizontal stripes representing the eight
islands.
In 1820, missionaries from a New England Congregationalist group arrived.
Gradually they converted first the leading chiefs, and later the commoners
to Protestant Christianity.
In the 1870s, Hawaii gradually drew closer to the United States.
An 1874
treaty granted Americans exclusive grading rights. The 1876 Reciprocity Treaty
allowed duty free importation of Hawaiian grown sugar and rice into the United States.
Following these treaties, the Hawaiian landscape was greatly altered by
the irrigation requirements of new sugar cane plantations. Additionally,
an influx of immigrants from Asia (initially Chinese and later Japanese)
was encouraged, in order to work the plantations.
During the 19th century, there were several periods of instability.
This culiminated in the Hawaiian Revolution of 1893 when the Queen was
overthrown, with the wrongful involvement of (according to the then US President,
Grover Cleveland),
of US diplomatic and military representatives.
Grover Cleveland was however unsuccessful in his attempts to get the Queen reinstated, and
eventually accepted the legitimacy of her overthrow and the new government
of the Republic of Hawaii.
In 1896, William McKinley became President, and two years
later he signed the Newlands Resolution which annexed Hawaii to the United States.
After annexation,
Pearl Harbor became (and still is) an important US Navy
base. The Empire of Japan's attack on this base
on
December 7th
1941
was the trigger for the entry of the US into World War II.
The Japanese
attack resulted in severe damage to the US fleet, including the sinking
of nine ships, four of which were battleships.
In
1935 and
1937,
US Congress deliberated on whether Hawaii should be admitted as a US state.
However, southern states opposed the admission of non-white majority territory,
and the question was put on hold.
In
1950,
Hawaii began a new campaign for statehood by putting the question on its ballots.
In
1959
the goal of statehood was finally achieved, and
Hawaii was admitted as the 50th state of the Union on
August 21st.
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Around 200 A.D., intrepid Polynesians arrived at an undisturbed archipelago. For centuries, their descendants lived with little contact from the western world. In 1778, their isolation was shattered with the arrival of Captain Cook.
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At the center of the story is Liliuokalani, the last queen of Hawaii. Born in 1838, she lived through the nearly complete economic transformation of the islands. Lucrative sugar plantations gradually subsumed the majority of the land, owned almost exclusively by white planters, dubbed the Sugar Kings.” Hawaii became a prize in the contest between America, Britain, and France, each seeking to expand their military and commercial influence in the Pacific.
The monarchy had become a figurehead, victim to manipulation from the wealthy sugar plantation owners. Liliuokalani was determined to enact a constitution to reinstate the monarchy’s power but was outmaneuvered by the U.S. The annexation of Hawaii had begun, ushering in a new century of American imperialism.
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Gavan Daws' remarkable achievement is to free Hawaiian history from the dust of antiquity. Based on years of work in the documentary sources, Shoal of Time emerges as the most readable of all Hawaiian histories. Starting with the Western discovery of the islands in 1778--on through the days of the whalers, the missionary period, the plantation era with its vast numbers of Oriental immigrants, to the fall of the Hawaiian monarchy, annexation by the United States, and the long, slow move to statehood--the characters and events of Hawaii's past shine with new vitality and immediacy. |
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This reader-friendly Hawaiian history tells the islands' story from the arrival of the very first Polynesian settlers in the 300s to the most recent strivings for native Hawaiian sovereignty. The harsh regime of Hawaii's chiefs, the landing and death of Captain Cook, Kamehameha's bloody conquests, the profound influence of American missionaries, the wild whaling days, French and British interventions, the sugar barons, the arrival of different ethnic groups to work the plantations, the coup d'etat, the demise of the native monarchy, the coming of US political control, the territorial years, World War I, Pearl Harbor and World War II, the striving for statehood, and the post-war tourist avalanche and economic doldrums-all are part of this history. Hawaii features special sections on the birth and death of the islands, descriptions by famous writers such as Mark Twain, accounts of tsunamis, the great volcanoes, Jaws the wave, hula, Hawaiian cowboys, and the revival of ocean voyaging. |
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CONTENTS
I. A SKETCH OF MY CHILDHOOD
II. SOME INCIDENTS OF MY YOUTH
III. KAMEHAMEHA IV
IV. MY MARRIED LIFE
V. HAWAIIAN MUSIC, AND A DUCAL GUEST
VI. KAMEHAMEHA V
VII. QUEEN EMMA
VIII. KING KALAKAUA
IX. HEIR APPARENT
X. MY FIRST VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES
XI. MAUNA LOA
XII. KALAKAUA'S TOUR OF THE WORLD
XIII. MY REGENCY
XIV. A SERIOUS ACCIDENT
XV. KALAKAUA'S RETURN
XVI. CORONATION CEREMONIES
XVII. PRINCESS RUTH AND MRS. BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP
XVIII. BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES
XIX. QUEEN KAPIOLANI'S JOURNEY
XX. WASHINGTON – THE WHITE HOUSE – MOUNT VERNON
XXI. BOSTON AND NEW YORK – EN ROUTE TO ENGLAND
XXII. ARRIVAL – LIVERPOOL – SOME ENGLISH TOWNS
XXIII. SOVEREIGN OF ENGLAND AND INDIA
XXIV. THE RECEPTION AT THE FOREIGN OFFICE
XXV. THE JUBILEE – AT THE ABBEY – AT THE PALACE
XXVI. THE PRINCE OF WALES, "GRAND MASTER" MASON
XXVII. ENGLAND'S HOMES AND HOSPITALITY
XXVIII. ILL NEWS FROM HAWAII – OUR RETURN
XXIX. "THE BAYONET CONSTITUTION"
XXX. INVITED TO CONSPIRE AGAINST THE KING
XXXI. THE KING THREATENED AND OPPRESSED
XXXII. ATTEMPTED REVOLUTION
XXXIII. THE KING'S DEPARTURE – AGAIN REGENT
XXXIV. THE KING'S RETURN – MY ACCESSION
XXXV. THE LAST SLEEP – LYING IN STATE
XXXVI. MY CABINET – PRINCESS KAIULANI
XXXVII. MY HUSBAND MADE PRINCE CONSORT – HIS DEATH
XXXVIII. HAWAIIANS PLEAD FOR A NEW CONSTITUTION
XXXIX. THE "CRIMES I AM CHARGED WITHAL"
XL. OVERTHROW OF THE MONARCHY
XLI. SOME IMPORTANT INQUIRIES
XLII. ATTEMPT TO RESTORE THE MONARCHY
XLIII. I AM PLACED UNDER ARREST
XLIV. IMPRISONMENT – FORCED ABDICATION
XLV. BROUGHT TO TRIAL
XLVI. SENTENCED – MY PRISON LIFE
XLVII. RELEASED ON PAROLE
XLVIII. MR. JOSEPH KAHOOLUHI NAWAHI
XLIX. A CHANGE OF SCENE TO FORGET SORROW
L. A NEW ENGLAND WINTER
LI. WASHINGTON – PSEUDO-HAWAIIANS
LII. PRESIDENT AND MRS. CLEVELAND
LIII. INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT MCKINLEY
LIV. MY LITERARY OCCUPATION
LV. MY OFFICIAL PROTEST TO THE TREATY
LVI. THE TREATY ANALYZED
LVII. HAWAIIAN AUTONOMY
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About the Author
"LILIUOKALANI (1838 – 1917), born Lydia Liliu Loloku Walania Wewehi Kamakaeha, was the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii. She was also known as Lydia Kamakaeha Paki, with the chosen royal name of Liliuokalani, and her married name was Lydia K. Dominis.
On 14 January 1893, a group composed of Americans and Europeans formed a Committee of Safety seeking to overthrow the Hawaiian Kingdom, depose the Queen, and seek annexation to the United States. As the coup d'état was unfolding on 17 January the Committee of Safety expressed concern for the safety and property of American citizens. In response, United States Government Minister John L. Stevens summoned a company of U.S. Marines from the USS Boston and two companies of U.S. Navy sailors to take up positions at the U.S. Legation, Consulate, and Arion Hall. On the afternoon of 16 January 1893, 162 sailors and Marines aboard the USS Boston in Honolulu Harbor came ashore under orders of neutrality. Historian William Russ has noted that the presence of these troops, ostensibly to enforce neutrality and prevent violence, effectively made it impossible for the monarchy to protect itself.
The Queen was deposed on 17 January 1893 and temporarily relinquished her throne to "the superior military forces of the United States"." -- Wikipeda
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