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Polynesians arrive in Hawaii
Important because these were the first people in Hawaii. -
Spanish sailors are first european people to find the islands
It is important because this was the first european contact that Hawaiian people had. -
James cook and the british navy sail to the hawaiian islands
It is important because this is when the contact between european influences and Hawaiian people became stronger. -
King Kamehameha I first unifies the hawaiian islands
Important because he unified the hawaiian islands first. -
Protestant missionaries teach christianity
White people star to influence the culture in Hawaii. -
Smallpox virus takes 5,000 Hawaiian lives
Important because that may be a reason for the hawaiian population being less now than back then. -
Electricity arrives
Shows that Hawaii is modernizing. -
Hawaii becomes a US territory
Important because Hawaii becomes aligned with US for the first time. -
Pearl Harbor was Attacked
Important because it pushed hawaii and the US into world war II. -
Hawaii became the fiftieth state of the US
Important because now Hawaii is a full pert of the US.