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500,000 Hawaiians
In 1778, around the time captain cook came, the population of Hawaiians was 500,000. -
Meeting Captain Cook
On January 18, 1778, Captain James Cook found Oahu and Kauai. One year later, Cook came to Kealakekua bay on the big island. The people of Hawai'i thought he was Lono, the god of fertility. -
John Young and Isaac Davies
Sometime in 1790, John Young, an English boatswain, was captured on the ship, Eleanora. Isaac Davies was another English sailor the was captured on the ship, Fair American. The two became Kamehameha's advisers. They also helped introduce him to Western artillery, such as cannons and muskets. -
The Battle Of Kepaniwai
Kamehameha fought Kalanikupule, and with military strategies, Kamehameha won. The battle ended in Iao Valley. The Iao Stream dammed with bodies. Kalanikupe fled to oahu. -
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Kamehameha I Rules
Kamehameha was a very great man, born in November, 1758. His real name was Pai'ea, which means, "hard-shelled crab". He was a great farmer, fisherman, a maker of cloth, a provider, and a father. He was trained when young, by Kekuhaupi'o one of the greatest warriors of their time. He grew up to be very strong and smart, he also was the man to lift the Naha Stone, which is about 5,000 pounds, in 1775. He united the Hawaiian Islands, and negotiated with foreigners. -
The Battle Of Nu'uanu
In April, 1795, Kamehameha brought his ships to the shore from Wai'alae to Waikiki. Kamehameha's troops pushed Kalanikupule and his army to the cliffs of Nu'uanu. Kalanikupule escaped again, but was captured a few months later. -
Established The "Law Of The Splintered Paddle"
One day, Kamehameha rushed upon some fisherman and they had something he wanted. Then he got in a fight with 2 men. His foot got stuck in a crevice in the reef, and the men pounded their paddles to Kamehameha's head. He escaped and in 1797, made the law of the splintered paddle, which means to be punished by getting beaten to death with a paddle. -
Russian fort was settled
They built the Russian Fort Elizabeth in 1804 in Waimea, Kauai. -
Exporting Sandalwood
Kamehameha found the value of sandalwood to the Chinese, and quickly bartered and traded for it. -
Unison After Attacks on Kauai
In 1796, Kamehameha attempted an attack on Kauai, the last unconquered island. He got stuck in a storm on the way to Kauai, and had to turn back to Oahu. In 1804, Kamehameha then attempted again, but disease broke out and the second invasion was seized. They planned another attack, but it was never launched. Kaumuali'i made peace with Kamehameha in 1810. -
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The reign of Liholiho
Liholiho, the youngest son of Kamehameha, had a short reign of 5 years, starting at 1819, and ending in 1824. He was crowned king, along with the kahina nui or prime minister, kaahumanu, who was Kamehameha's favorite wife. -
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The reign of Kaahumanu
Kaahumanu ruled as kahina nui, or prime minister for 23 years, along side with Liholiho, and his younger brother, Kauikeaouli. She was Kamehameha's favorite wife. -
Kamehameha II banned the kapu system
King Kamehameha II banned the kapu system in 1819. -
The end of Kapu part 1
About 6 months after Kamehameha I's death, things were starting to change. Liholiho, Kamehameha's first son, was now king, and Ka'ahumanu, Kamehameha's favorite wife, was now kahina nui, or prime minister. Ka'ahumanu didn't like the kapu system, because it was very unfair to women. Her, and Liholiho's birthmother agreed that the kapu should be abolished. They broke the kapu on George Vancouver's ship, by eating with the other men and women, as a protest, and the gods were not angry. -
The end of Kapu part 2
They were trying to convince Liholiho, that kapu was over, but he still wasn't sure that kapu should be over. After a while, at a great feast in Kailua, Ka'ahumanu finally persuaded Liholiho to eat with the other women chiefs. The kapu system had finally come to an end. -
First Missionaries Arrive to Hawai'i
On October 23, 1819, missionaries began their voyage to the Hawaiian islands from Boston, Massachusetts. After a 160 day sail to Hawaii, 17 members of the group, led by 2 ministers, arrived in Kailua to tell the Hawaiians about Christianity. By mid-century, 11 more groups followed the first to Hawaii. -
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The whaling economy
The whaling trade rapidly increased in Hawaii. The whalers would take the blubber to make oil. -
125,000 Hawaiians
47 years have gone by, and the population had dropped by 75%, mostly of diseases from the foreigners -
First sugar cane plantation built
The first sugar cane plantation in hawaii was called, "Old Koloa Sugar Mill" on the south side of Kauai. Three men from New England, Peter Brinsmade, William Ladd, and William Hooper leased a 980 acre tract in Koloa from Kamehameha III for $300 dollars per year for 50 years. -
The Great Mahele
In 1848, the king gave the forigners ownership to their own land, and proposed guidelines for the division of lands within the kingdom. The king kept all his private land, and one third of the lands went to the government, another third went to the chiefs and the konohiki, and the last third went to the people who worked on it. -
70,000 Hawaiians
After 25 more years the native Hawaiian population dropped by 55,000. -
Prince Albert's Death
Prince Albert Kamehameha, son of Kamehameha IV, died at 4 years of age from meningitis. -
Princess Puahi Bishop made Kamehameha school
After princess passed away, in 1884, they donated lots of money to education, and they constructed kamehameha school by 1915. -
30,000 Hawaiians
50 more years, and 40,000 more natives die off.
