ASIAN AM 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: 1887 Constitution Of The Kingdom Of Hawaii, Kamehameha Iii, Kamehameha I
25 Sep 2016
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Islands first settled by polynesians or native hawaiians. Modern conception of hawaii began january 18, 1778: british captain james cook arrived on shores, sought to expand british empire, renamed islands sandwich islands. 1810 king kamehameha i united islands, kingdom of hawaii under guidance of great. 1820 first major group of missionaries of new england congregationalist missionary group arrived. March 18, 1848 king kamehameha iii passed the great mahele, radically transformed land ownership and distribution: under threat of armed intervention from the u. s. Replaced land tenure system, where king owned land, private ownership of land. Land divided among king, chiefs, and commoners: commoners were elected officials in hawaii society. Land can be purchased: shifted landownership to westerners. 1875 reciprocity treaty: allowed for duty free importation of hawaii grown sugar to the u. s, u. s. gained pu"u loa or pearl harbor, increase u. s. investment in sugar plantations. Increase in importation of asian immigrant labor: changed landscape of hawaii.
