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A modern photograph of the Willamette Valley, ceded to the United States in the 1855 Kalapuya Treaty. The Treaty with the Kalapuya, etc., also known as the Kalapuya Treaty or the Treaty of Dayton, was an 1855 treaty between the United States and the bands of the Kalapuya tribe, the Molala tribe, the Clackamas, and several others in the Oregon Territory.
Kingdoms of Hawaii and Tahiti that were supposed to confederate The Polynesian Confederation was a hypothetical confederation planned mainly by the king of Hawaii Kalākaua . The aim was to protect the Polynesian peoples from European and American imperialism since when the United Kingdom took over Fiji, there were only three independent ...
1875 — The Reciprocity Treaty between the Kingdom of Hawaii and the US While king, Kalākaua negotiated the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875, which allowed sugar and other products to be exported to ...
The first United States Minister to Hawaii (diplomatic rank roughly equivalent to a modern Ambassador) was David L. Gregg, who became minister to Hawaii in 1853. [1] A commercial agent (called Consul starting in 1844) had served in the islands since 1820. [2] From November 1874 to February 1875, King Kalākaua made a state visit to the United ...
Regular voyages occurred between Tahiti and Hawaii for some time, but stoped around 1300 AD. Hawaii was thus isolated from the rest of the world for several centuries, until 1778 when Captain Cook made the first documented contact between Hawaii and European explorers. [20]
German Empire, 1879–80 (Treaty) [13] Portugal, May 5, 1882 (Provisional Convention) [ 14 ] United States of America, December 6, 1884 (Supplementary Convention) [ 15 ]
In the Treaty of 1843 with Hawaii, France had agreed never on any pretense to take possession of any portion of Hawaiian territory. [1] The French government had issued orders to Guillaume Patrice Dillon, its new consul in Honolulu in 1848: "Avoid in your conduct any show of pugnaciousness [esprit de lutte]. It is befitting that moderation be ...
The French Admiral De Tromelin invaded Honolulu in 1849, causing $100,000 in damage and took the king's yacht, Kamehameha III, which was sailed to Tahiti. [21] Hawaiʻi escaped French annexation because the balance of American, British, and French interests in the islands made it impossible for any of the three nations to annex the islands.