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The monarchy was officially ended on January 24, 1895, when Liliʻuokalani formally abdicated in response to an attempt to restore the royal government. On November 23, 1993, the Congress passed Public Law 103-150 , also known as the Apology Resolution , acknowledging the American role in the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy.
The original rulers of the Hawaiian islands (noho aliʻi o ko Hawaiʻi Pae ʻAina) were a line of native Hawaiians who were independent monarchs of various subdivisions of the land and islands of Hawaii. Their genealogy is traced to Hānalaʻanui and others. [1]
Lost kingdom: Hawaii's last queen, the sugar kings and America's first imperial adventure (1st ed.). New York: Atlantic Monthly Press. ISBN 978-0-8021-2001-4. OCLC 730414372. Silva, Noenoe K. (2017). The power of the steel-tipped pen: reconstructing native Hawaiian intellectual history. Foreword by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o.
Kamehameha I (Hawaiian pronunciation: [kəmehəˈmɛhə]; Kalani Paiʻea Wohi o Kaleikini Kealiʻikui Kamehameha o ʻIolani i Kaiwikapu kauʻi Ka Liholiho Kūnuiākea; c. 1736 – c. 1761 to May 8 or 14, 1819), also known as Kamehameha the Great, [2] was the conqueror and first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
The following is a list of Aliʻi nui of Hawaiʻi.. The aliʻi nui is the supreme ruler (sometimes called the "King" or Moi) of the island.Aliʻi refers to the ruling class of Hawaiʻi prior to the formation of the united kingdom.
The Hawaiian monarchy encouraged this multi-ethnic society, initially establishing a constitutional monarchy in 1840 that promised equal voting rights regardless of race, gender, or wealth. [7] [8] [9] The population of Native Hawaiians declined precipitously from an unknown number prior to 1778 (estimated to be around 300,000).
Regents of the Hawaiian Kingdom (1 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Monarchs of the Hawaiian Islands" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
The monarchs of Hāna, like those of the other Hawaiian chiefdom, probably claimed descent from Wakea and Pāpa. These monarchs were in some sense district chiefs and vassals of the Western rulers of Maui. From Eleio to Hoolae the aliʻi of Hāna remained mostly free from West Maui under Kakaalaneo to Kawaokaohele.