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Hawaii
Hawaii is the southernmost state in the United States. It ranks 43rd in terms of total land area and 42nd in terms of population.
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How many populated islands make up the state of Hawaii?
All of the eight "main" islands are inhabited except Kaho'olawe which was used from 1942 until 1990 as US Naval Aviation Bombing Range and Naval Gunfire target. It was the Vieques Island of the Pacific. It was returned to the State in 1994. It may not be fit for human habitation again. It can only be visited by Native Hawaiian's for cultural, spiritual and subsistence purposes.
The Monarchy was overthrown in 1893 and in fairness it should be pointed out that it was not Government Policy or Imperialism that removed the legitimate Hawaiian royalty but a small group of wealthy American Plantation owners and businessmen who created a Republic. Grover Cleveland made an effort to return the Monarchy to power but was voted out of office before he could do so by force of arms. William McKinley became the new US President, favored big business and was not concerned with the Will of the Peoplein such matters. It was five years after the coup d' etat that Hawaii became a US Territory.
What are the major ethnic groups of Hawaii?
Hawaii is a majority-minority state where non-Hispanic whites do not form a majority of the population. Asian Americans represent the largest ethnic group in the state with:
175,000 Filipino Americans,
161,000 Japanese Americans.
53,000 Chinese Americans.
40,000 Korean Americans.
Hispanic and Latinos total about 110,000 people primarily from Mexico and Puerto Rico.
Germans, Irish, English, Portugese and Italians in that order are the European ancestries. Only 9% percent of Hawaiians are Pacific Islanders and only 5.5% are native Hawaiians.
Was the take over of the Hawaiian islands justified?
That depends on the opinion of who is speaking. If it was under the Hawaiian's opinion US would not be justified. If under a US citizen's opinion at the time, since there was a huge amount of jingoism. There was essentially a large push to imperialize.
When was the Hawaiian flag officially adopted?
The flag in use today is the eight stripe version of the 1816 flag with the order of stripes as White, Red, Blue, White, Red, Blue, White and Red. It was standardized in 1843 and was named the Official State Flag in 1959..
Hawaii was independent and "owned" by Hawaiians until the US annexed, without approval by Hawaiian leadership, Hawaii on July 7, 1898. The last two leaders before US takeover were: 1874-1891- King David Kalahua, who died in 1891 and was replaced by 1891-1893- Queen Liliuokalani. She protested the US intention to takeover Hawaii made known in 1893. But this was to no avail. On July 7, 1898 the US annexed Hawaii and in 1900 it was declared a US Territory. In 1959, the same year as Alaska, Hawaii became the 50th US State.
Why was Liliuokalani a threat to the American planters?
Her proposed Constitution was radical providing changes from the Bayonet Constitution which would have granted rights of citizenship like voting to Asians and Native Hawaiians. Minority White American Rule would have ended. The Queen simply had to go or their profits might have been cut in half.
The capital of Hawaii (Honolulu) is on the island of Oahu.
Was Hawaii purchased from Russia?
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ALASKA!!!!!!!!!!!Russia did at one time have flags with an s flag's up on some of the Hawaiian islands so for all u people that didn't know yes Russia had forts in Hawaiian first before America came their and just took the islands over from the natives that lived there' .
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Why were Alaska and Hawaii ceded to the US?
Alaska became the property of the US as the result of a simple purchase agreement with Russia.
The sad story of the transfer of power in Hawaii comes much closer to theft, fraud, abuse of power and Military takeover.
How did United States acquire Hawaii?
Hawaii and the U.S. renewed a trade treaty that allowed Hawaiian sugar to be sold duty-free in the U.S. Hawaii also leased Pearl Harbor to the U.S. as a fueling and repair station for naval vessals. The same year, white Hawaiian-born planters forced the Hawaiian king, Kalakaua, to accept a new constitution that, in effect gave them control of the government.
When the King died in 1891, his sister Liliuokalani came to the throne. A strong nationalist, Queen Lili opossed U.S. control of the islands and sought to reduce the power of foreign merchants by returning voting rights to Asians and Hawaiians. In 1893, with the help of the U.S. Marines, pineapple planter Sanford B. Dole removed the Queen from power. He proclaimed Hawaii a republic and requested that it be annexed by the US.
When William McKinley was elected President, he supported the annexation. "We need Hawaii just as much and a great deal more that we did California. It's a manifest destiny," McKinely said in early 1898. After briefly considering whether the Hawaiian people wished to be annexed, Congress was swayed by arguments that the U.S. needed naval stations in Hawaii in order to protect it's world trade. In 1898, Congress approved the annexation of Hawaii.
A small group of wealthy and politically powerful American businessmen overthrew the Monarchy and stole for their personal use a soverign nation. It was a coup which the US by Joint Resolution of Congress in 1993 apologized for to the World in an Apology Resolution.
How did Hawaii come under the control of the US in the late 1800s?
Hawaii came under the control of the US in the late 1800's because the Hawaiian chiefs engaged in a conflict for power and control. The United States entered into the war and consequently placed Hawaii under martial law.
When were Alaska and Hawaii added as states after?
Hawaii became the 50th state on August 21, 1959. Earlier that year Alaska became the 49th US state on January 3, 1959.
Why did explorers come to Hawaii?
because there was a time in history where countries fought to 'discover' new lands in an effort to own and control more then other countries. british and spanish were the biggest to do this and that is why british captain james cook set out to find new lands in the pacific ocean.
When was Honolulu made state capital?
Honolulu became the capital of Hawaii in 1850 after the first capital ended which is Lahaina (Lahaina is on Maui). :) Honolulu became the capital of Hawaii in 1850 after the first capital ended which is Lahaina (Lahaina is on Maui). :)
What was Hawaii before it became a state?
Yes it was a US Territory since 1898.
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The Kingdom of Hawaii existed from 1810 until 1893 when the monarchy was overthrown. It was an independent republic under American rule from 1894 until 1898. It was annexed by the United States in 1898, became a territory in 1900, and has been a state since 1959. On June 27 of that year, a referendum was held asking residents of Hawaii to vote on accepting the statehood bill. Hawaii voted at a ratio of 17 to 1 to accept and it became the state of Hawaii - 21 August 1959.
Which naval base in Hawaii attacked during World War?
The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor via airstrike.
What were the Hawaiian islands referred to before becoming part of the US?
Hawaii was first explored by people from Polynesia, and for centuries, Polynesian religion and culture dominated the Island. Captain James Cook, a British explorer, came to the Hawaiian Islands in 1778, and gradually British and western ideas began to become part of Hawaii; there was also a brief period of time in the early 1840s when England occupied the islands. But throughout much of its recorded history, Hawaii was an independent monarchy, with its own royal family, and a series of Kings and Queens who ruled.
Over the decades of the mid-to-late 1800s, however, it was Americans who came to be the most influential force on the islands: missionaries converted the native people to Christianity and discouraged many of Hawaii's indigenous cultural traditions. And American businesses gradually come to control much of Hawaii's economy, especially its sugarcane and pineapple plantations. America was able to overthrew the Hawaiian monarchy in a peaceful (but controversial) coup, circa 1893. In 1898, Hawaii became a territory of the United States.
What year did Hawaii become a US territory?
- As a result of the Spanish-American War, the United States opted to unilaterally annex the Hawaiian Islands by enacting a congressional joint resolution on July 7, 1898, in order to utilize the Hawaiian Islands as a military base to fight the Spanish in Guam and the Philippines. The United States has remained in the Hawaiian Islands and the Hawaiian Kingdom has since been under prolonged occupation to the present, but its continuity as an independent State remains intact under international law.
In the nineteenth century the Kingdom of Hawaii was recognized internationally as a sovereign and independent country, with treaties with every major nation at that time, including several with the United States. In 1893, a group of mostly white American businessmen, backed by U.S. Marines, illegally overthrew the constitutional monarchy of Hawaii and instituted their own oligarchy. Although President Cleveland condemned the act and called for the restoration of the Hawaiian monarchy, in 1898 President McKinley pushed through a joint resolution of annexation, rather than the required treaty, in violation of international law and the United States Constitution. After 1900 Hawaii was a territory of the U.S., until the statehood vote in 1959, but today many challenge the legitimacy of this vote and statehood itself. In 1993, the U.S. Congress and President Clinton officially apologized for the overthrow, acknowledging the illegality of it and the annexation, and recognizing the inherent sovereignty and right to self-determination of Native Hawaiians. Today the Hawaiian sovereignty movement is highly active, and even mainstream political leaders recognize that it is not a matter of if, but when and in what form sovereignty will come to the islands. Some advocate a nation-within-a-nation concept similar to American Indians or other integrated models, but a growing number favor the restoration of total independence for Hawaii. This political movement parallels the cultural renaissance, and the struggle for other Hawaiian rights, much of which centers on land and water, which are sacred to the Hawaiian people as the caretakers of these islands. It is important for visitors to have some awareness of the history and the current struggles, and to respect the fact that Hawaii is not like other American states.
Just to add to the above response; if a treaty of annexation was never passed, that would mean there was never any cession (transfer of sovereignty and real estate) from Hawai'i to the United States. If cession never occurred, then any other acts/laws passed by the U.S. would be void as well in Hawai'i, like the statehood act, regardless of any statehood vote. The Apology Resolution was NOT the official apology. The "real" apology came from an American representative of behalf of President Cleveland back in 1893. The 1993 Apology Resolution has many incorrect terms in it. What the person above mentioned was "inherit sovereignty" and "self-determination for Native Hawaiians"; both of these are irrelevant to Hawai'i's issue because 1.) inherit sovereignty refers to American Indian law where people have sovereignty over their tribal members, and 2.) "self-determination" is the process to "become independent". Native Hawaiians did NOT have inherit sovereignty (which again is an American term referring to Native Americans and authority over ethnic tribal memebers). Hawai'i itself was recognized as "sovereign" and had nothing to do with race/ethnicity. And, Hawai'i cannot go through the process of "becoming" independent when it already achieved that. The Apology Resolution signed by Bill Clinton really isn't an apology after all. Lastly, Hawai'i was always a multi-racial country starting from its official and LEGAL beginning in 1843...The Apology Resolution left out all the Caucasian and Asian subjects to the Hawaiian Kingdom, and only "apologized" to ethnic Hawaiians, when in reality all and every person (regardless of race) had their country swept from them.
When and how did Alaska and Hawaii become states?
They became states in the same year of 1959. Both had reached the population where they could become a state.
