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Charles Reed Bishop, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Hawaii)

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The small islands were overthrown by businessmen wanting land and riches.

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Negatives of Hawaii, poor building infrastructure due to being on a active volcano (shifting of land.) Expense homes. Constant touristic.

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Wanted Hawaii because of the beaches, surfing, easy going lifestyle. It was beyond beautiful.

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British Captian James Cook nicknamed Hawaii the Sandwich Islands.

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The Polynesians settled Hawaii between 300 and 600 A.D.

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The resource sandalwood was very popular in China so that's one of the many reasons why America took Hawaii

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More than one-third of the world's commercial supply of pineapples comes from Hawaii.

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Hawaiians considered sharks a god and treated them with great respect.

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Adding Hawaii made a change to the American flag making a 5-6 star pattern

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King Kamehameha united the Hawaiian Islands in 1810 .

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Hawaii is the only state in the United States to honor a monarch, celebrating King Kamehameha Day on June 11th since 1872.

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With the US taking Hawaii we greatly changed Hawaii's culture, some of their religion, and many other aspects of Hawaii

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The US took over Hawaii the same way they took over california and texas.

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The coral reefs in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands make up about 70 percent of all the reefs in the United States.

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Hawaii has it's own timezone

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Hawaii is the only state where whites (caucasions) are the minority.

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The tallest building in Hawaii is like 427 feet

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The name Hawaii comes from hawaiki meaning place of the gods.

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Hawaii does not participate in the time change and has it's own time zone.

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From east to west Hawaii is the widest state.

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Has the longest lifespan for the United States at averaging at about 79.8 years.

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Only two mammals are native to Hawaii the hoary bat and the monk seal.

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Hawaii was a protectorate terrotory under the US

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Hawaii has a volcano named Kilauea which is the most active volcano in the world.

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Hawaii is the only state to have a tropical rain forest.

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It is not apart of Japan even though it is closer becasue the US annexed it.

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There are eight main islands and 124 smaller uninhabited ones.

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Hawiian flag

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Hawaii is the world’s longest archipelago, spanning over 1,500 miles.

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Hawaii is called the Aloha State because aloha is the most commenly used word. It can mean 'hello', 'welcome', 'love', 'best wishes', or 'goodbye'.

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Hawaii in the only state that has a growing land mass due to the active volcanoes that the state sits upon.

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The USA gained control of Hawaii by way of imperialism and protecting of the islands themselves.

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Hawaii was annexed by William McKinley

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The polynesian are the natives to the state of Hawaii

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Hawaii Is the most southern state in the U.S.

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Hawaii became settled in the American national identity following the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941.

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Hawaii's population is up to 1.4 million people in 2015

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When the first settlers came to the islands they created a monarchy as their form of government

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Marines took to the islands without approval from the President and claimed Hawaii by raising the flag in the middle of Honolulu.

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Hawaii is the only state to produce coffee, cocoa, and vanilla beans.

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There are only thirteen letters in the Hawaiian alphabet.

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The kingdom of Hawaii reigned from 1790's until the overthrowing of queen Lili Uokalani

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In 1840, a constitutional monarchy was established, stripping the Hawaiian monarch of much of his authority

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Produce a lot of sugar cane for United States production.

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In the year of 1959, Hawaii finally became a state of the United States of America

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Its islands are renowned for their rugged landscapes of cliffs, waterfalls, tropical foliage and beaches with gold, red, black and even green sands

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Hawaii Became an official territory of the United States in 1900

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American traders came to Hawaii to exploit the islands’ sandalwood

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The first settlers to inhabit the Hawaii islands were Polonysian voyages

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Hawaii remained a territory until granted statehood as the fiftieth state in August 21, 1959.

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On January 18, 1778, an English explorer named Captain James Cook was the first person to discover a Hawaiian Island called Oahu.

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The US wanted Hawaii for more military  power over the central pacific. The US also wanted the resources from Hawaii. US also didn't want Great Britain.

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There are eight total islands in hawaii, but only seven of them are permantely inhabitated.

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January 1893, sugar planters started to rebel against the Queen, LILIUOKALANI. During the time of the uprising, the planters asked for protection from the United States Military.

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The United States first became interested in Hawaii in the 1820's

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Hawaii was led by a hereditary monarch. Sugar planters didn't like the Queen that was in charge and so pleaded with America to help them. American marines stormed the island and the Queen was kicked out. President Wilson didn't approve the taking of the islands.

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