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Hawaiian Plantation Stories: The Values of Island People

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Most of Hawaii’s most vocal plantation era people would be disenfranchised and survive the times of war while doing their best to hope that their children wouldn’t have to survive under the hard conditions of those days. The people who say that the Local cultural development was a marketing ploy have pushed for a forgotten history of the plantation era in Hawaii and that challenges families who are descendent of plantation peoples to reassess their families experiences of the past — because it largely paints Local communities to be positioned as underprivileged, disempowered, passive, and temporary residence. The power of knowing comes from realizing the history of the plantations, the camps of cultural exchange, and the workers' local morality would be tied by respect of differences and making the best of what had happened through cultural convergence. Forgotten Plantation History: The history of that is established is from a movement of American Academics and Rich Businessmen set...

The 50th State of the Union

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Statehood Day, also known as Annexation Day, Admission Day, and Takeover Day is a controversial American-Government designated Legal Holiday in the State of Hawaii that commemorates the state's admission to the United States on August 21, 1959. It's celebrated annually on the third Friday of August. Military Resentment: The United States had annexed Hawaii for strategic reasons during the Spanish-American War. During World War II, Oahu served as the command post for the US operations in the Pacific. 

Sanford B. Dole “The Corporate Usurper”

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“Restrict their time, Enslave them by finances, and Pull them down with laws to control the Heards.” Description: Sanford B. Dole “The Corporate Usurper” was the 1st Governor of Hawaii (1844-1926) was a Anglo-Irish-Born Hawaii Lawyer and American Politician. He was the First Governor of Hawaii. A member of the Reform Party (Previously the Missionary Party) that would position the coalition group called historically the Foreign Corporate Group (Committee of Safety) who were also in charge of the Hawaii Annexation Club (Hawaiian League). He was a descendent of New England American-Missionaries and was the leader of the American-Annexation group. He was known in history as Hawaii's Biggest Corporate Usurper due to his economic motivations behind the political actions, framing the overthrow as a political coup, and a finance driven act by corporate greed and exploitative expansion.  Self proclaimed Southern mannered, Protestant Christian “man of god”, Hawaiian, and Hawaiian-born he was...

World War 2 "A Day that will live in Infamy"

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During World War II, Hawaii, Pearl Harbor, played a crucial role, being the target of a surprise attack by Japan on December 7, 1941, that initiated the US's entry into the war. The attack led to the deaths of over 2,400 Americans and caused significant damage to the US Pacific Fleet. Hawaii also became a critical base for the US military, with preparations for expanded military use throughout the islands. 

Victoria Kaʻiulani "The People's Princess of Hawai'i"

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Victoria Kaʻiulani, born as Kawēkiu Kaʻiulani Lunalilo Kalaninuiahilapalapa Cleghorn (October 16, 1875 – March 6, 1899). Also known as the Last Princess of Hawaii, and The Peacock Princess. She was skilled in swimming, surfing, paddling, painting, sewing, and lua martial arts. Early Life: She grew up learning multiple languages: Hawaiian, English, German, French, and studied Gaelic, Tahitian, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese. The princess grew up at ʻAinahau, an estate given to her by her godmother, Ruth Keʻelikolani. She loved to ride her pony "Fairy" and feed her pet peacocks under the large Indian banyan in front of her house. Family: Her mother was Princess Miriam Likelike and her father was Archibald Scott Cleghorn.  Cleghorn Family: Scotland, Edinburgh, the Cleghorn family was known for their expertise of the land with being landscapers, horticulturists, and urban planning. This would be from Kaʻiulani's Grandfather "Thomas Cleghorn" who had h...

The Impact of Firearms on Hawaiian Warfare

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Impact: Pre-Contact, Hawaiian warfare was characterized by highly skilled warriors using traditional weapons like pololū (long spears), ihe (short spears), leiomano (shark-tooth weapons), pāhoa (daggers), and pōhaku newa (stone clubs). Battles were often fought hand-to-hand or with thrown projectiles, emphasizing physical prowess, formation tactics, and individual heroism. Firearms had changed the dynamics of warfare with the unprecedented range of cannons with "The Battle of Kepaniwai" (damming of the waters) in Iao Valley on Maui where Kamehameha's Cannons clogged the stream with bodies. Firearms were expensive and difficult to acquire as well as maintain with only Chiefs with resources could acquire them like Kamehameha.  King Kamehameha Trades with Foreigners:  Post-contact, 1778, European and American trading ships began frequenting the islands. Kamehameha, known for his friendly and business-like demeanor with foreigners, cultivated relationships that allowed him to...

Kamehameha I (1758-1819)

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Kamehameha I (1758-1819),  Age: Historians have different dates of both his birth and date, so it is really unknown the exacts of when Kamehameha the great came into the world and when he left it.