Hawaiian History : A Fantastical Journey Megan Beesley

In the beginning 2 distinct migrations from Polynesia: Circa 600 AD and 1100AD Highly stratified caste system and multiple kingdoms King Chiefs – ali’i Priest craftsmen – kahunas Commoners – makaainana Outcasts - kauwa No written language but memorized chants Kapu system dominated all aspects of life 4 main gods: Ku, Kanaloa, Lono, Kane

And then Captain Cook arrived – January 20 th, 1778 The Sandwich Islands? At first, locals thought he was Lono, god of fertility and peace, but eventually they killed him in an uprising. 400,000 to 800,000

The Monarchy! 1795 Kamehameha I – unification, foreigners 1819 Kamehameha II – modernize & globalize 1824 Kamahameha III – most difficult time in history foreigners, land titles, in love with sister 1854 Kamahameha IV – pressure from sugar to annex 1863 Kamahameha V – last old school king fist fights in legislature, sold sugar to Yankees in CW 1872 William Lunalilo – elected by legislature, liberal democratization, wanted to give PH to US 1874 David Kalakaua – “Merry Monarch” 1891 Queen Lilioukalani – surrendered to US military power in McKinley signed annexation in 1898

Populate! Missionaries 1820 from Puritan New England – schools, medicine, census, hula is bad! “haole” wrote down the language Starting around 1850s, sugar and pineapple plantations hired 36,000 workers from around the world Chinese – hawaiian-chinese common today Japanese – % of population Portuguese Koreans – between 1911 and 1924, 800 mail order brides Filipinos Puerto Ricans Samoans – only group not to come as plantation workers

Annexation Queen surrenders McKinley annexes it as Territory Statehood debated in Congress for over a year 1900 Organic Act set up government 12/7/1941 Pearl Harbor – Poindexter declares martial law 1944 martial law lifted – Japanese weren’t interned Before war, Republican After war, very Democrat, strikes for workers’ rights Hawaii becomes 50 th state under Eisenhower Admission Day – 3 rd Friday in August

Modernish History 1970s cultural renaissance 1980 Magnum PI starts to blow people away 1983 Kilauea erupts 1987 John Waihee 1 st governor of Hawaiian descent st Hawaiian Miss America 1993 Clinton publicly apologizes to Hawaii

1972 – The Bradys visit Hawaii Greg almost drowns

Sources: Hawaiian-roots.com/hawaiihistory.htm Hawaiian.com/history.html Lonelyplanet.com/destinations/north_am erica/hawaii/history.htm Hawaiischoolreports.com/history.htm Images.google.com

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