The massacre on Easter Island should have gone down as one of the most dreadful episodes in human history. It was ethnic cleansing ... the total and complete slaughter of a small ethnically distinct group by the overwhelming masses of a competing tribe. The scale was only modest but the event was especially notable for the genealogy of the massacred group ... they were the Ariki, the last of the legendary lords, the mighty men of old, the children of Aeneas. They were totally wiped out leaving behind only the enigmatic stone statues of their forefathers. And even worse was to follow. Around 1770-1774 on the tiny speck of Easter Island in the furthermost corner of the south-east Pacific, the majority of the Hoto Iti ‘lesser’ peasants rose up …show more content…
The cranial capacity of the long-headed skulls was larger than normal and, the examiner added wryly, had a brain capacity higher than the inhabitants of Whitechapel (London). Dutch explorer Roggeveen in 1722 and Spaniard Gonzalez in 1770 had both emphatically remarked on the mixed-type population, and that the Ariki chiefs were ‘quite white’ and very tall. Gonzalez measured two individuals at 6ft 5 and 6ft 6½ inches tall (196-199 cm), one with red hair. But by the time English Captain James Cook visited in 1774, after ‘discovering’ New Zealand and Australia, he made a great point of stressing that the population was entirely typically Polynesian, of the Tahitian type. The tall Ariki were nowhere to be seen ... but there were obvious signs of civil conflict with a scarcity of crops and food, damaged canoes on the shore, and many toppled moai statues. Not to put too fine a point on it ... there is incontrovertible evidence that until 1770 Easter Island was ruled by a small group of Miru royalty including people who were of European appearance; tall, white, angular featured and ‘long-headed’ with above average cranial capacity. A totally anomalous situation in the far reaches of the southeast Pacific. Then somewhere between the visits of Gonzalez in 1770 and Cook in late 1774 there was a civil war in which the Miru people and their Ariki chiefs were wiped
The struggles on the battlefield such as extreme weather, loss of supply of wood and building the railroads caused major hardships for the 209th infantry. My group for the 209tH Amendment had Chapter 3, which was “A Winter in the Army of the Potomac.” History on the 209th regiment is they were made up of volunteers that were willing to fight for them in war. On November 24th which is where it takes place in Chapter 3 is the regiment was transferred with other Pennsylvania regiments from the Army of the James to the army of the Potomac.
Have you ever been to Hawaii? If so have you ever heard of Honoluilui? Well, if not it was hot war spot with many people held as prisoners during World War II. If you were to ever go to Honoluilui you’d most likely just see a bulldozed over area. Honouliuli was a 123 acer war internment camp in Monsanto, Hawaii.
The islands of Hawaii took time to divide for each part. The land commissioner has suggested the first division to be evenly divided between the king, ali’i, and maka’ainana (Cachola). However, the suggestion was cancelled by Kamehameha III and the maka’ainana or the commoners were deleted from the division. Before the Mahele came Kamehameha III was controlling the islands, but the Mahele came to provide a basis modern land title by changing the old feudal tenures.
When Western presence commenced to escalate in Hawaii, it ultimately would lead to the collapse of its monarchy and annexation to the U.S. Its downfall may have started when western Christian missionaries began to populate the island in order to initially spread Christianity. This would eventually lead to the education of ali’i children, who were the monarchies’ broods, and this would serve as the foundation for exposing these Hawaiian children to the lifestyle of Western society, such as Liliˋunokalani. However, this would only strengthen the power of these missionaries as their population began to grow. For instance, this eventually lead to the establishment of a constitutional government.
The history of the Hawaiian Islands began when the first Hawaiians arrived in Hawaii thousands of years ago. They had an advanced society with rules and laws. As a young man Kamehameha was a strong leader. He was a successful warrior and defeated many chiefs in battle, and ultimately became the sole ruler of the Hawaiian Islands. As King he ruled over all the Hawaiian Islands and brought peace to his kingdom.
I wanted to further explore this Hawaiian Goddess, and I was able to seek out a story about how the famous Hawaiian goddess first came to the islands of Hawaii. In W.D. Westervelt’s book,
In Steve Olson’s article, “The End of Race: Hawaii and the Mixing of Peoples,” he mainly talks about how the mixing of race can eventually lead to the pure races being meaningless due to there being a lot of mixed race and eventually rarely having a pure race. Olson talks about “Hapa haoles” in the beginning of his article, which means half European, half non-European. The first Hapa Haoles were born on the island of Maui in the end of 1779. This was the beginning of the mixed race. The European’s, which were considered dirty, “reduced the native population [of Polynesians] to fewer than 50,000,” in Hawaii at the year 1891, because of the diseases they brought(Olson, 301).
The overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom took place in Hawaii on January 17th, 1893. The overthrow was when the Hawaiian Monarchy was taken down and lost its sovereignty. The Overthrow happened because, The annexationists wanted more power. Some people involved were King David Kalakaua, the Hawaiian league/ Committee of safety, Robert Wilcox, Queen Liliuokalani, and Lorrin Thurston, John Stevens, Sanford Dole, Jame Blount, Aloha Aina, American businessmen. The result of the Overthrow was unjustified.
When the school officially opened in the fall of 1861, teacher George A. Davy had 70 pupils in attendance. For wages, Davy received from families various kinds of produce such as cloth, molasses, and meat. Later in 1863-64, William Woodward taught school for $10.00 a month in which he also collected payment from each pupil and family. During school students used slates and pencils from slate rock found in the mountains east of Franklin. Then each Saturday the straw was removed from the floor where fresh straw was placed for Sunday Services.
1780, Kalani`opu`u king of the big island and kamehameha`s uncle, met with his chiefs who helps run the island kingdom, one of those chiefs was Kamehameha. Kalani`opu`u, close to death of old age had told them that after his death Kalani`opu`us eldest son would be the new king. Kiwala’o, now king divided up the lands of the Big Island thus leading to trouble. Kamehameha lived in Kohala and agreed to become the leader of the windward side of the island, he had his own crew of chiefs who remained loyal to only to Kamehameha. By the division of lands by King kiwala`o stirred up problems, and led to a battle.
The Ngunnawal People have been living within the borders and surrounding mountains of the Australian Capital Territory for over 25,000 years. The way the Indigenous people used the land to live off was extremely efficient and sustainable. They had a bounty of knowledge about the land surrounding them, and over generations, devised resourced management skills to ensure maintenance of the animals and plants, and most importantly, the land in which provided these things. Aboriginal culture existed long before Captain Cook arrived in Australia in 1770. He claimed the land to be "Terra-Nullius", meaning that the land did not belong to any person.
During this time, the Hawaii had earned a new leader, known as Queen Liliuokalani, who viewed the majority of Hawaii’s problems caused by the foreign interference of the United States. Moreover, in the year of 1893, the planters had felt as if in order for the conflict of the “McKinley Tariff”
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. From 1795 to 1874, the Kamehameha Dynasty ruled over the kingdom of the Hawaiian islands. Up until the death of Kamehameha III, the U.S. had stayed out of interfering with the islands.
The outcome of a discovery does not always have a positive outcome for all parties involved, whether it is a rediscovery of past knowledge or the uncovering of new information, both may serve to affirm or challenge beliefs, resulting in different ramifications for individuals and their worlds. The author and illustrator of allegorical picture book ‘The Rabbits’ Shaun Tan and John Marsden employs ideas of historical context relating to colonialism and the loss of culture and freedom that took place throughout the process, similarly to Shakespeare’s tragicomedy play ‘The Tempest’, where the exploitation of the character Caliban is repeatedly highlighted revealing the dystopic turn of events the native people would have experienced after the
Britain was the biggest colony power in the world. Even the fall of the First Empire did not discourage the British from further colonization of ‘’unknown lands’’. In 1770, Captain James Cook claimed a portion of the Australian continent in the name of King George III. On his journey from Botany Bay to Cape York, Cook recorded several interactions with the indigenous population of Australia. Despite knowing about the continent being inhabited by one of the Earth’s oldest civilizations, Great Britain considered Australia terra nullius - land belonging to no one.