random ? - did they teach you about the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom at your school?

[je ne sais quoi]

School in NY, not one mention.

Were there negotiations, and if so, did it involve SPAM?

 

[solekid]

Originally Posted by Navarretr

What's hawaii?................

Real talk though.. Never heard of it...

I live in Virginia if that matters.

Leave Troll 

 

[teamjordan79]

Of the dome, Hawaii was a kingdom and it got Got by  the American Dole company i believe ....not much else though. 

 

[soltheman]

Never even heard of a Hawaiian kingdom.

Off to do my own research.

edit:

A series of violent battles, lasting 15 years, was led by the warrior chief who would become Kamehameha the Great.

already intrigued

 

[2sappy]

To be honest, the history books I studied in grade school just briefly mentioned anything about Hawaii and Alaska. It was literally "during this era, Hawaii and Alaska became states". that's it. 

Now I gotta go do my own research. I'm interested now.

soltheman wrote:

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Never even heard of a Hawaiian kingdom.

Off to do my own research.

edit:

A series of violent battles, lasting 15 years, was led by the warrior chief who would become Kamehameha the Great.

already intrigued

Master Roshi?

 

[Nujavez]

my anthropology class kinda learned about hawaii history. Learned about how they were always warring with each other and they didn't have a staple food like other lands do (ex: corn, rice). I forgot how they got taken over though I think whoever went to their land gave one group/kingdom some guns to overthrow the groups/kingdoms to make it easier to invade... I can't really remember lol

 

[zona0924]

Originally Posted by AyVee323

Not never.

 

[ayodun]

first time hearing of a hawaiin kingdom mentioned. tbh there is way too much that has happened in the world for it all to be covered, most of the stuff in text books are changed benefit whichever party it was written for anyway

 

[y0ung j33zy]

Kamehameha the Great

Learn something new everyday

 

[danzinreallife]

Originally Posted by DCAllAmerican

I never heard of it honestly. Is there a link you can give me that can let me know what this was all about?

I just need to read up on the history of Hawaii and all other Pacific Islands.

While on the subject of Pacific Islands, The Island of Samoa. Mixture of Japanese + Africans with hundreds of years of breading? What is the origin of those people.

What about Tonga? I find Samoans and Tongans hard to tell apart

no disrespect to them, but they look alike. New Zealand has a huge Samoan and Tongan population.

 

[keepzdasneakz]

I remember reading about a Hawaiin queen and how some Portugese people landed there and said "*%%% you, *%%% you and *%%% you....we're taking over this +%%@#" and they became the white plantation owners.

 

[degenerate423]

I don't recall it being covered, even took an Asian History class and I don't remember anything about a Hawaiian Kingdom.  Will look it up though when I get the chance...

 

[elcatfisho]

yeah, in AP US History.

I'm probably wrong, but what I can guess/know about it is that the US pretty much wanted all the sugar cane from Hawaii, and they were tired of dealing with the Queen, so we pretty much annexed Hawaii and used it for commercial profit. (not the government but people who exploited the territory)

Bill Clinton apologized in the 90's so apparently it's all good now.

 

[juiceesquire]

Originally Posted by ElCatfisho

Bill Clinton apologized in the 90's so apparently it's all good now.

this reply and the "enormous resort" comment.

Yes I was taught about the Hawaiian Kingdom in college.What is there to know though?  Honestly.....it's the typical historical story. People of the fairer skin wanted resources. The natives faught. Natives lost. Fair skinned people took over the land anyway regardless of human rights and land rights. Natives had no choice but to accept and be silently salty. It's now an enormous resort.

Rinse and repeat....did I miss anything?

-The Juice

 

[mecks]

i think we learned a little. something like they gave up...

 

[reener]

Originally Posted by Shox23

never knew a Hawaiian kingdom existed

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Originally Posted by AyoDun

first time hearing of a hawaiin kingdom mentioned. tbh there is way too much that has happened in the world for it all to be covered, most of the stuff in text books are changed benefit whichever party it was written for anyway

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[pharelfor3]

I still haven't got a chance to read that book. reminds me to download it.

 

[ratxaxtat]

Surprisingly, yes. I remember Queen Liliuokalani's photo being a part of the cover of the history book.

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Nope, never learned about Nam neither.

 

[stay lurkin]

My History is pretty solid but I have never even heard of this.

 

[sillyputty]

Honestly though...did ya'll think they just DISCOVERED those people there and it just went over all smooth?

 

[Renaldo Balkman]

in short... US came and took the islands as a territory, locked up the queen in her own palace, and outlawed the language. 2/3rds of our race died in a 20 year span...

not bitter though (I teach US History for what it's worth)... I understand the evolution of a planet and how races come and go

just always wondered how the subject was covered in the mainland

 

[yngsimba.sneakershoebox]

Originally Posted by eddiehouse5

Originally Posted by gaseousfashion

They omitted too many details.

Yeah, like the whole thing.

This. Never learned a thing about it.

 

[voidemperor]

yes just got done learning about it in the imperialism unit