The original inhabitants of the Hawaiian islands are believed to have been descendants of Asiatic peoples who migrated over land and water, eventually arriving in the Central Pacific, although accounts ...more
The first known European to arrive in the Hawaiian Islands was Captain James Cook, who happened upon the islands in 1778 during his third and final quest for the Northwest Passage. After only a brief stop ...more
The release of land 1848 coincided with the beginning of the decline of the whaling industry and a subsequent movement toward the development of agriculture. The tropical crops of sugar and pineapple ...more
David Kalakaua (1836-1891) was elected king in 1874. He began his reign with a tour of the United States in 1881, the first time a Hawaiian king had visited the mainland US. Kalakaua was proud of Hawaiian ...more
In 1941, Europe and Asia were embroiled in the horrors of WWII. The US had yet to be drawn into the war, though engagement seemed inevitable. Sensing this, the Japanese continued their aggressive regional ...more
The move to statehood had been considered since the overthrow of the monarchy, but for nearly 50 years statehood proposals were defeated. A number of reasons, including opposition from southern states ...more
A resurgent pride for authentic Hawaiian ways arrived in the 1970s. This Hawaiian activism was focused on aloha aina (love for the land). A key element was the movement to fulfill the claims of the Hawaii ...more
In the late 90s, there were perfunctory moves made to rectify the injustices of Hawaii’s past. Both Dole’s Iwilei pineapple cannery and the last sugar plantation on the Big Island closed in 1992 ...more
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