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About
the State of Hawaii
Hawaii
became the 50th state of the United States on August 21, 1959. It is
situated in the North Pacific Ocean, 2,300 miles (3,700 km) from the
mainland, at 21°18′41″N, 157°47′47″W. During roughly 1778–1898, Hawaii
was also known as the Sandwich Islands.
Hawaii was first inhabited in roughly AD 1000, by Polynesian settlers
who came from islands in the South Pacific, most likely the Marquesas.
For nearly 800 years, the people of Hawaii lived in a complex caste
society governed by various warring chiefdoms and an extensive system of
religious and social taboos called the kapu system. British explorer
James Cook chanced upon the Hawaiian archipelago in 1778. With the help
of foreign advisors and weapons, a Hawaiian warrior known as Kamehameha
began a gradual ascent to power. Before his death in 1819, Kamehameha
had succeeded in conquering (through military force, or in the case of
Kauai and Niihau, by other political means) all of the major Hawaiian
islands, a feat never before accomplished in the history of the islands.
The kingdom established by Kamehameha lasted until 1893, when the last
Hawaiian monarch, Liliuokalani, was overthrown in a coup led by
supporters of the Reform Party of the Hawaiian Kingdom and replaced by a
Provisional Government, and later a Republic. During the kingdom and
republic era, Hawaii's economy transitioned from that of an isolated
state into that of a state integrated into the world's free market,
producing and exporting more than two hundred thousand tons of sugar
annually. In 1898, Hawaii was annexed to the United States of America
and attained statehood in 1959. (source)
Hawaii
Capital
Honolulu
Hawaii
Islands
Hawaii |
Kahoolawe | Kauai | Lānai | Maui | Molokai | Niihau | Northwestern
Hawaiian Islands | Oahu
Hawaii Communities
Hilo |
Honolulu | Kahului | Waipahu | Līhue
Hawaii Counties
Hawaii |
Honolulu | Kalawao | Kauai | Maui
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