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Battle of Kawela
The battle ground of kawela is located about 4.5 miles east of the town of Kaunakakai.There a heaua is visible.The battle of kawela was between hawaii and molokai.Legends say that the battle was led by Alapainui.The battle lasted about 5 days and as a result oahu got defeated and thousands of warriors died. -
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King Kamehameha Ruling Period
Kingkamehamehas quest to rule all the the hawaiians islands was acomplished in 1810.He has succesfully ruled all the islands for about 9 years until his death in Kailua bay on May 8 1819.Ater King kamehameha died the hawaiian ways of hawaii died.Barely any of the foreighners or hawaiians used the old hawaiian traditions and ways. -
Kamehameha attempts attack on Kauai
In 1776 King Kamehameha attempted an attack on kauai.The attack had failed because of a strong storm.Beacuse he had failed he made a deal with Kink kamualii.The deal had stated that King Kamualii would have control over kauai as well as King Kamehameha. -
Captin Cook Arives
On January 18, 1778, the English explorer Captain James Cook had washed up on the shores of Hawaii on his third voyage.When captin cook had set off his ship he had been greeted as a sacred high chief or a god because the time of his arrival was sacred time of the lono.Cook had started a trade with the Hawaiians and gave them goats, English pigs, and seeds to plant melons, pumpkins, metal, nails, and onions.In return the hawaiians gave them wood and shark teeth. -
Captin Cook Died
Captin Cooks trade with the hawaiians had eneded.Captin cook had been taking to much of the hawaiians resources.On February 14, 1779, Kealakekua Bay, HI Captin Cook was killed.The king began to understand that Cook was his enemy.As Cook turned his back to help launch the boats, he was struck on the head by the villagers and then stabbed to death as he fell on his face.He was first struck on the head with a club by a chief named Kalaimanokahoʻowaha.Some of cooks crew had managed to escape. -
Battle of Mokuohai
The Battle of Mokuʻōhai, fought in 1782 on the island of Hawaii, was a key battle in the early days of Kamehameha I's wars to conquer the Hawaiian Islands. It was his first major victory, having leadership over much of the island.The battleground was just to the south of Kealakekua Bay.At this moment, Kamehameha's forces arrived and, seeing Kiwalao held fast by Keeaumoku, stabbed the king, who collapsed bleeding on top of the ground.This war lead to the unification of hawaii. -
Battle of Nuʻuanu
The Battle of Nuʻuanu, fought in May 1795 on the southern part of the island of Oʻahu was a key battle in the final days of King Kamehameha I's wars to unify the Hawaiian Islands.In 1783 the island of Oahu was conquered by the King Kahekili II of Maui whose son Kalanikūpule was, in turn to take over when his father died.In 1795 King Kamualii conquered the island.Kamehamehas next plan was to attemp an attack on hawaii to complete the hawaiian island unification. -
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Liholiho ruling Period
Liholiho and his court broke the ancient kapu when chiefs and chiefesses shared a common meal at the urging of both his mother, Keopuolani and Ka`ahumanu. Prior to this, men and women had been strictly forbidden from eating together, and in addition many foods were forbidden to women. By flaunting the laws so publicly, Liholiho's challenge to the gods could not be ignored. -
Sandel Wood in Hawaii
To make sure that the supply of Sandel Wood did not end in Hawaii Kig Kamehameha placed kapu on all baby sandel wood trees so that they could grow into there full form and the be picked.If people picked it when it was little it would be fragil and it would break. -
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Rule of Ka'ahumanu as Kuhina Nui
May 8, 1819, the crown was passed to his son, Liholiho, who would rule as Kamehameha II. Kaahumanu, however, revealed that her husband believed that Liholiho lacked the leadership abilities required to lead the kingdom. Therefore, Kaahumanu said, the king had created an important position for her: kuhina nui, or prime minister. She would rule as an equal with Liholiho. -
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Whaling Economy
As the Northwest fur trade decreased and sandalwood supplies and values dropped, the whaling industry began to fill the economic void. Frozen out of traditional hunting areas by the Europeans, American whaling ships began to sail farther and farther into the Pacific. In the autumn of 1819 the first whalers went out.Whales were popular for their oil.They later found out that oil could be pumped out of the groung instead of killing the whales. -
End of Kapu part 2
vancouve on his ship also broke the kapu because they did not what the kapu was.The hawaiians noticed that the gods had not been punishing them so they wonderd if the kapu was actually true.Ka'ahumanu went to a cermony wearing a cloak that men are supposed to only wear.Twards the ebding of the cermony she announced that kapu had been ended.When kapu ended Lihiliho had all heiaus burned.The commoners were affected by the ending of kapu in three different ways.The first way was, Giving up major- -
End of Kapu part 1
The kapu system in hawaii established rules and regulation wich keep people and land safe.The kapu system had been around until 1819 when King Kamehameha ended it.The kapu system had been broken by many people such as Ka'ahuman eating with Liholiho.This had broken the kapu law of men and women not being able to eat together.The kapu had also been broke when vancouver came with his ship.Men and women had went abord his ship and ate together which also broke the kapu.Eoropeans that came with- -
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gods, the second one was confusion and chaos, and the last one was women were liberated. -
Arrival of the first Missionaries
On October 23 the first bord of missonaries sailed to tha hawaiian island.After a long 160 day voyage they finally anchored at Kawaihae.The first missonaries built houses, schools, farms, and churches.The then taught them how to write and also read the bible. -
Death of the Kauai head chief
When Kamualii died his lands on kauai were re divided and a high ranking chief was sent to govern the island.This ended the independent kingdom of kauai.After his death his son Liholiho took the throne.Because there was a new ruler there could be a new way of ruling and also disbelief and beliefs. -
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The Great Mahele
Māhele was the Hawaiian land redistribution proposed by King Kamehameha III in the 1830s and enacted in 1848.The hawaiians thought they should have the right to own their land and be able to pass that land to their children.The gods belived that indivisulas should not need a tittled land.The foreighners thought it was a buy and have game.Eventually the foreighners took over the hawaiians land and sold it for money. -
The First Suger Plantation In Hawaii
The first successful sugarcane plantation was started at Koloa, Kauai in 1835. Its first harvest in 1837 produced 2 tons of raw sugar, which sold for $200. -
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The first Sugar Cane plantation
Sugarcane was introduced to Hawaii by its first inhabitants in approximately 600 AD and was observed by Captain Cook upon arrival in the islands in 1778.Sugar quickly turned into a big business and generated rapid population growth in the islands with 337,000 people immigrating over the span of a century.The sugar grown and processed in Hawaii was shipped primarily to the United States and, in smaller quantities, globally.Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Filipinos and Puerto Ricans all worked there. -
Foreighners In Hawaii
At around the year of 1884 lots of foreighners started coming to hawaii.So many foreighners came to hawaii because it was like a pitt stop in between there voyages of the Fur trade.When the ships would stop in Hawaii the would get food, trade, and repair the shps.Hawaiis flag was british so when the british saw it, it was like a welcome sigh. -
Princess Pauahi Bishop
Princess Pauahi Bishop owned the most land in hawaii and decided to creat here own schools.The schools' admissions policy prefers applicants with Native Hawaiian ancestry.
