Hawaiian history
Polynesian kingdom's story
Hawaiian history encompasses the past of the Hawaiian Islands, from Polynesian settlement around 1000 CE through the Kingdom of Hawaii, American annexation in 1898, and statehood in 1959.
The phrase often carries political weight, particularly regarding indigenous sovereignty and the contested overthrow of Queen Liliʻuokalani: The course covers Hawaiian history from first contact to the present.
- kapu systemHawaiian religious prohibition code
- King KamehamehaHawaii's founding sovereign
- missionariesReligious workers abroad
- hulaGestural Polynesian dance
- Captain CookBritish navigator of Pacific
early settlers · sugar plantations · Kamehameha · oral traditions · whaling industry · territorial governance · annexation · lei · monarchy · Polynesian · whaling · Pearl Harbor · luau · taro · overthrow · statehood · Maui · canoes
Hawaiian historyEuropean history
Record of the continent's past
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