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http://hawaiiguide.info/past.and.present/economy/#:~:text=Hawaii's%20economy%20has%20undergone%20many,such%20as%20chickens%20and%20pigs. ( wouldnt let us open it on school wifi )

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half a group of hawaiians getting back from the ocean catching fish and the other half getting back from forest hunting wild pigs and chicken.

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They didnt have an offical currency, their currency was trade of crops including taro, sweet potatoes, meats including pigs, chicken, fish and other supplys usually on a local level.

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Captin Cook and his men setteling in Hawaii; first white men to ever step foot in Hawaii in 1778.

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There were no kings in early Hawaiian culture they only had ali'i nui (Ruling chiefs) and Ali'i (chiefs). Ruling chiefs controlled land and how it was distributed. When chiefs gave them land they thought they were the land's guardians and they were to take care of the land and live off of it. The people never owned the land though. The ruling chiefs could redistribute land at any time they also controlled martial rights which means they controlled the wealth that the people had. The people lived off the land that's why it showed wealth and they would farm and fish to get food farm materials were also considered wealth because of this.

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The Kapu system was the Hawaiian form of government used up until the Europeans came and switched there government to monarchy. 

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Right before the Europeans in 1778 arrived, the inhabitants of the Hawaiian Islands lived in an extremely organized, self-sufficient, social system, with an advanced language, culture, and religion. This was known as the Kapu system. It shows a resemblance to the feudal system of ancient Europe. The feudal system is a system that combines religion, military, cultural, and economic aspects.

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After Europeans arrived they began taking farmland from the Hawaiians, this was easy for them to do because Hawaiians never owned the land they had it was separated by the chiefs and they didn't have any proof they owned it so when the Europeans came it was easy to kick them out and no one could do anything about it so they lost there home and there wealth as well. They also changed from chiefs to kings this was a big change because things were less centered on original Hawaiian culture and more on Christianity.

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this is the sandalwood plant that became so in damand. 

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In 1805, the trade of sandlewood became extremely intense. China had a big demand for wood. This is what started forien trade. Hawaii became a big part in whaling due to the discovery of rich sperm whale grounds on the coast of japan.

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these are some of the examples of what was burned down when they were forced to switch to christianity and get rid of their original cultural traditions. 

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In 1819, King Kamehamehas successor, Liholiho forced them to get rid of their original religious practices, he had the temples and images of the gods fully burned down and discarded. A year after that, in April 1820, people from New England came to the Hawaiian Islands and began the process of switching to Christianity. This forced them to suppress many Hawaiian practices like the Kapu system. They switched to a monarchy being run by kings and queens.