A Very Brief History Of Duke Kahanamoku In Hawaii

I believe that Erykah Badu 's quote isn 't just limited to hip-hop, it 's relatable to all music. The reason why I feel this way is because music is something that connects us all. Even if the genres are different, it 's still music. It affects our everyday lives and is everywhere we go. It bonds humans together. We have had music throughout history, and it has changed yet stayed the same. What I mean by this is that even though music is constantly evolving and has throughout history, its always been there. I hope that music is something that we will always have in life to connect us. No matter the

Daniel Hale Williams III was an extraordinary African American surgeon. Dr. Williams, the son of a barber, was a free African American born during the 1800s to Daniel Hale Williams II and Sarah Williams. Dr. Williams’ family was heavily impacted by the ongoing history at the time. Furthermore, Dr. Williams’ ancestors were slaves. Daniel’s ancestors on both sides were a mixture of European, Native American, and African American. Daniel’s family was barely able to cope with the circumstances of the time. In fact, after the death of Daniel Hale Williams II, the head of the house, the family was forced to be divided. Williams' mother realized she could not manage the entire family after the death of her husband. Therefore, she sent some of the children to live with relatives. Daniel Williams was born during an era that did not allow African Americans to excel. In addition, being separated from his family at a young age was a great disadvantage to such brilliant individual. As a result,

In January 1893, the farmers of Hawaii revolted against the Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani, at the same time, the citizens of Hawaii wanted the Americans to protect them, President William McKinley hadn’t given approval for the military to enter Hawaii, the marines stormed into Hawaii then raised the American flag. The queen was forced to renounce her throne, then it was up to the American government to decide where to go with the recent turn of events. (V)

Throughout the overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy in 1893 and the annexation of the islands as a territory, to the statehood granted in 1959, the United States has committed immoral and unnecessary actions against the indigenous people of Hawaii.

Kamehameha was an effective leader because he strictly enforced the kapu system. If a Hawaiian broke a rule such as “splintered paddle”, they would be severely injured or put to death. Kamehameha did this to strengthen his control and make sure others wouldn’t break a rule. This is an example that remained the same after unification. This was good because this kept Hawaii safe and peaceful.

The United State’s annexation of Hawaii in 1898 led to the gradual destruction of the Hawaiian culture and the almost-extinction of native-born Hawaiians. The majority of the Hawaiian natives opposed the annexation of Hawaii and wanted to maintain their sovereignty. Although the Japanese could have taken over the Hawaiian islands if the United States had not, the annexation of Hawaii by the U.S. was unjustified because of the treatment of the monarchy and natives, the infringement of the natives’ self-established culture and government, and the natives’ overwhelming opposition to the U.S’s involvement in Hawaii.

After watching the film called ‘Act of War’, I again felt that countries’ do not stand for justice but only pursue their national interests. The reason why Hawaii was so desirable to the United States was the imperialistic characteristic that America had at that time. Even a small island or land is into the consideration of taking over. In detail, the Americans wanted to use the land as their military base and a strategic spot for expanding their imperialism to Asia. The fact that American continent was far away from Asian and European continent, made them realize that in order to empower their global power they need to first dominate the closest countries, even a small land that they consider it trivial. By taking over quickly, a lot of aspects of Hawaiian culture got distorted

Many Native Hawaiian people have lost touch with their culture. Many people around the world don’t know about the unique Hawaiian culture. People in America don’t know a lot about these unique Hawaiian arts either. Many of the old Hawaiian traditions were lost because foreigners took over the Hawaiian islands and banned many Hawaiian traditions that have been going on for decades. This loss of culture was devastating for the people and was hard to gain back after almost being completely eliminated. To teach new generations about the old Hawaiian culture, this research paper will detail what it was like years ago. It will also explain why the Hawaiian culture and traditions should be reinstated. This paper will explain how the traditions

The United States has inflicted imperialism on the island Hawaii on January 17, 1893. They did this by overthrowing the government which was a monarchy and its ruler was Queen Liliuokalani. Then by overthrowing the sugar planters who overthrew the Queen, President William Mckinley was able to obtaining the territory for the U.S after the Spanish-American war. The U.S wanted to obtain Hawaii because of its monopoly on Sugar and its Sugar exports to The United States. The United States wanted to obtain the territory also to get rid of taxes on them and the business, and wealthy people were losing their ability to manipulate the government and wanted it as a naval base like pearl harbor.

Maui was a powerful trickster god who was best known for creating the pacific Island.. His parents were the god Tangaroa and a woman, he performed many deeds to improve the lives of humans, he made the sky higher and the day longer. He tried to achieve immortality but did not succeed in it. He created this Island during a fish trip with his brothers. He was very small but heroic at the same time he was also a big trickster and tried to impress women . A day for Maui and his mother was very short to finish any important work so he wanted to allow his mother to have more time to do her work so he thought that if he could make the Sun move slower across the sky, there would be more hours left with light to complete so much work. So he cute of the sacred tresses of his wife, Hina , to make a rope that would not burn in the Sun.

Throughout the course of the years, the United States began investing their time into intervening in different countries to become a dominant world power in the Western Hemisphere. As the time reached of when the U.S. became more determined and serious over spreading its forces across colonies, a plentiful amount of the world had been already claimed. Only a few territories remained liberated from the imperialist movement, in which Hawaii was one of the unclaimed areas. In order to pertain Hawaii as their own intervention, the U.S. had mainly focussed onto preventing European countries of investing into the Hawaiian markets, resources, political stability, and economic interests. America had

The Hawaiian Kingdom emerged from the arrival of Polynesians from other Pacific islands and later the unification of the islands by Kamehameha the Great. The Kingdom of Hawaii had a monarchy government system, where the rulers were of the same family and royal blood. King Kalakaua was the last king of Hawaii and Queen Lili’uokalani was the last ruler of Hawaii. While Queen Lili’uokalani was locked away from her throne, she sat under house-arrest in the hopes the next heir to the throne, Princess Ka’iulani would make a change for the better of Hawaii’s sovereignty. Into the present, the Hawaiian Monarchy has been overthrown, annexed and in control by the United States of America. Many factors and events have led and caused the overthrow of the

Kamehameha was a warrior before the unification of the Hawaiian Islands. Kamehameha was just a district chief on the Big Island and Kamehameha soon ruled the Big Island after he and his men became stronger, He soon ruled other islands one at a time until eventually he had unified all the Hawaiian islands. Kamehameha was very smart in battles, using foreign weapons and foreign battle strategies then Kamehameha became an administrator after the unification. Kamehameha was an effective leader because he was smart, cared for the land, and cared for his

The Hawaiian Islands has this image of being the perfect vacation destination for people all around the world. The island’s welcoming “aloha” culture is very popular and spoken of around the world. Yet, lately not only native Hawaiians live there, many tourists visit all year long and many families and businessmen decided to move and live there as well. This makes the island diversified and multicultural. Through the years, many waves of immigrations took place and more non-locals began living in Hawaii. Hawaii is thus composed of multiple ethnicity groups; “34% are white, 25% are Japanese, 14% are Filipino and 6% are Chinese, yet only 12% are Hawaiians( whose roots are Polynesian)”(. This complicates the situation in the island as it begins to have a diversified culture. Forty percent of marriages are interracial every year, according to state statistics; therefore this gets even more complicated as people belong to more than one nationality.

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” said Gandhi. Gandhi was an effective leader in India. However, in Hawai’i, there also was an effective leader. He was Kamehameha. Gandhi was an effective leader because he led India 's independence movement in the 1930s and 40s by speaking softly and letting the British face down with stirring speeches and nonviolent protest. Kamehameha was an effective leader because he united all the Hawaiian islands.