Kane means "man" or "husband" in Hawaiian. ... By 1820, there were permanent settlements of foreigners on the islands who became known as haoles. ... Besides bringing the natives an evil case if the nasties, they also brought religion and missionaries, which arrived in 1820. In 1820, Hawaii was unified under one king, Kamehameha I, who promoted trade with foreigners. ... On June 14, 1900, Hawaii became a US territory. ...
Captain Cook arrived in Hawaii in 1779; centuries after the Hawaiian people began dancing the hula. ... But when Christian Missionaries arrived in Hawaii back in the 1820's, the art of hula was deemed "inappropriate" and "heathenish." ... Hawaiian traditions were born again and took on a new meaning. ... After World War II, the hula began to bring tourists to Hawaii. ... In the words of the man who welcomed hula dancing back into Hawaiian culture, King Kalakaua, "Hula is the language of the heart, and therefore the heartbeat of the Hawaiian people." ...
In recent times, this tragedy has hit the Hawaiian Islands harder than any other island group. ... Not surprisingly, human colonization of Hawaii has been disastrous to its wildlife. ... While the Polynesians did have a significant impact on Hawaii's wildlife, the Europeans that colonized the islands began changing the face of Hawaii at a much more rapid pace, starting with Cook. ... Before 1820 Europeans had introduced cattle, sheep, horses, donkeys, turkeys, and cats. ... Predation by alien species has also taken its toll on Hawaii's fragile ecosystems. ...
The first wave of immigration started with Chinese Immigrant to America between 1820-1924. The Chinese came in Hawaii for the first sugar plantation. ... The Chinese labors were cheaper than the native Hawaiian labors and white labors in both money wise and benefits. ... There were 200,000 Japanese in Hawaii and 180,00 in the U.S.A. ... The Japanese farmers had less land for the farming and so that only elder son stayed in Japan to take care of the land, and younger son came to U.S.A. and Hawaii for labor. ...
Starting with technological imports from Great Britain, the U.S. continued in its strive for technology with the development of the cotton gin in the 1820's and the sewing machine in the 1870's. ... In the late 19th century the United States seized control of the islands of Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. ...
It wasn't until the 1820's when America first began keeping an accurate count on how many immigrants arrived each year. ... Most of the Japanese as well as the Chinese came over to America as contract worker either to farms on the West coast or to plantations in Hawaii. ...
Far more important to the United States in its expansionist mood was the acquisition of the Hawaiian Islands, first visited by American missionaries in the 1820's. ... American immigrants produced sugar and pineapples there for the home market, and sailed their whalers into Hawaiian ports. Increasingly concerned about the dangers presented by imperialist rivalries in the Pacific, the Americans strengthened their naval power by securing from the Hawaiian government in 1887 the exclusive right to use Pearl Harbor. In the same year, seeking still greater control, American businessmen enginee...
The 1800s Even in 1820, when America was a fledgling nation still insignificant in the eyes of world-class powers such as Britain and France, it still dreamed of an overseas empire rivaling that of Great Britain's. ... Spanish-American War Having already annexed Hawaii and forced Japan to embrace western contact by duress, the United States was already beginning to embrace both territorial and economic imperialism as a foreign policy as all the large European powers had done at the time. ...
THE ANTARCTIC CONTINENT Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, driest, highest, farthest and the most mysterious of all the continents roughly centered around the South Pole. It is the fifth largest and highest continent on earth. It is an island continent, which is almost completely covered by ice and surrounds by ocean from all sides. Its area is 14-million sq. km., which is equivalent to India & China put together. It is the most inaccessible continent since it is waterlocked from all sides due to the southern ocean, which remains frozen for most of the time in the year. ...
