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What Were The Positive Effects Of The Great Mahele

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In Mahele of 1848 a huge great land revolution had started, and the land was divided among the 4 categories, which was land belonging to the king, land belonging to the ali’i or chiefs, land that was able to be purchased by the foreigners, and land that was worked by the maka’ainana or the commoners (Borreca). Kamehameha III called the Mahele to successfully complete the division of islands of Hawaii and was expecting the Mahele to work out effectively, but the whole thing turned out oppositely. The Mahele was able to avoid a war peacefully between the foreigners and the Hawaiians, but the Hawaiians had negative effects for their new lifestyle. The Great Mahele was very unjustified, because of the division it made, the choice for dividing, and making lot of Hawaiians in danger.
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. …show more content…

The land commissioner’s ideal was to pass down ⅓ of the lands to king, chiefs, and maka’ainana, the king wanted to share the land between himself and ali’i, and king continued dividing the lands among king, chiefs, and governors. The division was planned neatly and completely, but when the foreigners came the division was started to break apart. When they arrive to the island of Hawaii they noticed that the division was planned, and the foreigners also joined the division by buying their own lands. However, because of foreigners joined the land division the division wasn’t equally

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