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The history of Hawaii began with the discovery and settlement of the Hawaiian Islands by Polynesian people between 940 and 1200 AD. [1] [2]The first recorded and sustained contact with Europeans occurred by chance when British explorer James Cook sighted the islands in January 1778 during his third voyage of exploration.
Third Oahuan Revolution. (around 1773) Conflicts under Kahahana. (18th century) some battle on the Big Island. (18th century) Second Mauian Invasion of Oahu. (around late 1782 or early 1783) Battle of Seven Warriors (around 1782) Battle of Kaheiki Stream (January 1783) The Waipi‘o-Kimopo (1783/4/5) Unification of HawaiĘ»i (1782–1810)
April: American ports opened to all nations. May: Continental Congress authorizes the drafting of new state constitutions. July 4: Adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence. 1776–83 – American Revolution. 1783 – September: Britain signs the Treaty of Paris, recognizing American independence. [3]
Eastern North America in 1775, including the British Province of Quebec (pink), Indian Reserve (pink), and areas open to European-American settlement in the 13 Colonies along the Atlantic coast (red), plus the westward border established by the Royal Proclamation of 1763 and present–day state lines
On November 9, 1821 the Spanish colony of Santo Domingo was toppled by a group led by Spanish General José Núñez de Cáceres. [64] [65] Forces which opposed unification with Haiti formally declared independence from Spain on November 30, 1821. [66] The new nation was known as República del Haití Español (Republic of Spanish Haiti).
Though many Americans think of a vacation in a tropical paradise when imagining Hawaii, how the 50th state came to be a part of the U.S. is actually a much darker story, generations in the making.
The American Frontier in Hawaii: The Pioneers, 1789-1843. Stanford University Press. OCLC 4714376. Daws, Gavan (1968). Shoal of Time: A History of the Hawaiian Islands. Macmillan Inc. LCCN 68023630. OCLC 443050. Greenlee, John Wyatt (September 2015). "Eight Islands on Four Maps: The Cartographic Renegotiation of Hawai'i, 1876–1959 ...
These demands for more autonomy sparked several wars, including the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) and the Mexican War of Independence (1810–1821). The last major colonial power on the continent, the United Kingdom , granted dominion status to Canada in 1867 and slowly turned over its remaining land to that country over the next 100 ...