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Colonial epidemic disease in Hawaii has greatly threatened the Native Hawaiian population since its introduction to the islands over a hundred years ago. Beginning with the first colonizers led by Captain James Cook that arrived in the islands in 1778, [1] all the way up until today, foreign disease has been present in Native Hawaiians.
Population hits its peak after a steep exponential increase. 1600: 150,000: Agricultural burning has slowed down and the population has begun to decline. 1700: 96,000: 1778: 128,000: Population bounces back. 1805: 112,000 to 150,000
As population grew, so did its environmental imprint, including forest clearing by burning, building of heiau at agricultural sites, and the decline of indigenous plants. The paleo-environmental data show that during 1450-1778 the construction of heiau slowed dramatically, as did the clearing of land for agriculture.
Jan. 4—Hawaii will see more deaths than births over the next four to five years and any population growth across the islands will be driven by new arrivals from the U.S. mainland and from other ...
This is a list of U.S. states and territories by historical population, as enumerated every decade by the United States Census. As required by the United States Constitution , a census has been conducted every 10 years since 1790.
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Hawaii became part of the U.S. as the Territory of Hawaii until it became a U.S ... leading to the rapid decline of the Native Hawaiian population. In 1887, King ...
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