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The Territory of Hawaii or Hawaii Territory (Hawaiian: Panalāʻau o Hawaiʻi) was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from April 30, 1900, until August 21, 1959, when most of its territory, excluding Palmyra Island, was admitted to the United States as the 50th U.S. state, the State of Hawaii.
Hawaii is the southernmost U.S. state and the second westernmost after Alaska. Like Alaska, Hawaii borders no other U.S. state. It is the only U.S. state not in North America, and the only one completely surrounded by water and entirely an archipelago. In addition to the eight main islands, the state has many smaller islands and islets.
Hawaii - Polynesian, US Territory, 50th State: The first inhabitants of Hawaii may have reached the islands as early as 300 ce from the Marquesas Islands. Contact with and settlement by Tahitians began in the 9th century ce.
The Hawaiian Islands, together with the distant Palmyra Island and the Stewart Islands, became the Territory of Hawaii, a United States organized incorporated territory, with a new government which was established on February 22, 1900. Sanford Dole was appointed the territory's first governor.
Hawaii was an independent monarchy, ruled by Queen Liliuokalani, and exported sugar to the U.S. In 1893, U.S. Marines invaded the island and overthrew the Queen. In 1898 it was annexed as a U.S. terrirtory, becoming a state in 1959.
Dec 16, 2009 · Banned in 1898 when Hawaii became a U.S. Territory and then resurrected as the official language in 1978, Hawaiian contains only 13 letters: five vowels and eight consonants.
2 days ago · Hawaii is a group of volcanic islands in the central Pacific Ocean. The islands lie 2,397 miles (3,857 km) from San Francisco, California, to the east and 5,293 miles (8,516 km) from Manila, in the Philippines, to the west. The capital is Honolulu, located on the island of Oahu.
Aug 21, 2017 · As a territory, Hawaii had little power in the United States government, holding only one, non-voting representative in the House. The territory status allowed rich, White plantation owners to import cheap labor and export their products to the mainland with low tariffs.
The Territorial Period of Hawaiʻi (1900-1959) represents sixty years of America’s direct colonial rule over the Hawaiian Islands. This era is typically celebrated as Hawaiʻi’s transitional period from an Indigneous sovereign nation to American statehood – when immigrant and Indignenous peoples came together in racial harmony to embrace ...
Feb 8, 2022 · Over the course of the next 50 years, the Territory of Hawaii worked to achieve statehood. The legislature sent multiple proposals to Congress including a joint resolution requesting statehood in 1903, only to be denied.
