There were two families who ruled the Kingdom of Hawaii, the House of Kamahameha who ruled from 1810-1872 and the Kalakaua Dynasty from 1873-1893. Hawaii had its own culture and political systems for at least 2,000 years before the unification of Hawaii in 1810. The Kingdom of Hawaii had been an independent Chiefdom since 1810 with smaller independent chiefdoms of O’ahu, Maui, Moloka’i, Lana’i, Kaua’i and Ni’ihau that were unified by the chiefdom of Hawaii under King Kamehameha I or “Kamehameha the Great”. It is not just an island where you can have an adventurous vacations, because the truth is that Hawaii was systematically stolen from its native population by an imperial power, one that it was setting its horizons towards the rest of the world, but this time through the Pacific Ocean. The story of Hawaii is tragic and the world needs to know exactly what happened to the sovereignty of this nation. Pacific Command (USPACOM) was established after World War II with its headquarters based in Aiea, a small Hawaiian town on the island of Oahu, near the community of Halawa Heights. Since then Hawaii has been turned into a major strategic location for the US military. After the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7 th, 1941 the US military expanded its power and declared Martial Law until October 24 th, 1944. Military expansion continued under President Theodore Roosevelt. Hawaii has also experienced a militarization of its country since President William McKinley a veteran of the American Civil War expanded the US military on Hawaii with several bases. In a US Census Bureau of 2011 reported that native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders accounted for only 10.1% of the total population. Hawaii has experienced a transformation of its culture and politics into a Western-style democracy that has seen a steady decline in the indigenous Hawaiian population. It is a part of history that needs to be told. However, Hawaii was a country whose government of Queen Lili’uokalani was overthrown more than 120 years ago on January 17 th, 1893, when Hawaii was actually known as the Kingdom of Hawaii.
Since statehood, tourism has been the main industry followed by Education, Government and the Military. It has been the 50 th State of the United States since August 21 st, 1959. When you vacation in Hawaii it offers surfing, snorkeling, scuba diving, fishing, hiking and many other activities. It is known for its food and traditional luau celebrations, its native people and its culture. Many tourists from the US and around the world visit Hawaii for its beautiful islands and its beaches covered with white sand.
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