what was hawaii before 1959?
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It was always Hawaii. It just became a part of the US in 1959. The name was never changed.
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The Ancient Times:\n-The first settlers were migrating Polynesians, who navigated the Pacific in voyaging canoes, believed to have first arrived from the Marquesas Islands with subsequent migrations from Tahiti, and perhaps other Pacific islands.  \n-nearly all of the habitable islands in the Pacific Ocean were settled hundreds of years before European sailors dared venture beyond the site of land \n-By the time of Cook's arrival in 1778, the population of Hawai`i had grown to something between 400,000 and 800,000 people, perhaps more.  It was a stone age society since there are no metals found in the islands, however this term might give a false impression that the society was primitive.  Hardly!  Some have estimated that the population of the islands, based on the methods of food production and the living conditions, could have exceeded one million and even approach current day population of 1.2 million\n\nThe Monarchy Years:\n- begins with the unification of the islands by Kamehameha the Great in 1810, shortly after the arrival of Captain Cook, until the overthrow of the Hawaiian government in 1893. During this relatively short period of time, the people of Hawai'i would transition from a feudal society into an independent constitutional monarchy, recognized by other nations around the world.  \n-Two years after the Declaration of Independence, and while the American colonies were still fighting to be independent, Captain James Cook arrived in Hawaii. At the time, Hawaii was in the process of moving from regional monarchs, usually one per island, to a consolidated monarchy that spanned all the islands.\n-Kamehameha I (the Great) of the Island of Hawaii first consolidated his power there. He then conquered Maui and Oahu.Kamehameha then attempted to invade Kauai, but his fleet was turned back by a storm. Following several years, the ruler of Kauai decided to pledge his allegiance to Kamehameha, and the unification of the Hawaiian islands was complete.\n-Hawaii in 1778 in many ways resembled feudal Europe. The major difference, other than religion, was the absence of writing and metal. Hawaii was isolated and had no continuous contact with other civilizations. \n-What took hundreds of years to evolve in Europe, happened virtually overnight in Hawaii. American missionaries arriving in 1820 brought with them not only their religion, but their political and social views. \n-The missionaries taught reading and writing, and the Hawaiians overwhelmingly responded - many say they achieved a higher rate of literacy than that in the United States at the time. By 1840, a mere 62 years after the first European contact, Kamehameha III promulgated the first Hawaiian Constitution. Just as the Magna Charta subjected King John of England to the rule of law, the 1840 Constitution subjected Kamehameha and his heirs to the law. The 1840 Constitution established a House of Nobles and an elected House of Representatives whose assent to new laws and changes to the Constitution was required. In less than a generation Hawaii went from a hereditary despotic government based on divine right to a Constitutional monarchy with an elected legislature.\n-Subsequent Constitutions were adopted in 1852, 1864 and 1887 (the bayonet Constitution). Hawaiian Constitutional history can be viewed as decreasing the powers of the Crown, and increasing those of the people through their elected representatives.\n-The precipitating event for the overthrow of the Monarchy and Queen Lili'uokalani was her proposed new Constitution. Among other things, Queen Lili'uokalani's Constitution would have restored to her the power to appoint the House of Nobles, and to veto Constitutional amendments. \n\nTerritorial Years: 1898 - 1959\n  \n-The Territory of Hawaii was created on July 7, 1898, when Congress passed the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawai'i to the United States. The formal ceremony took place in Honolulu on August 12, 1898. The Newlands Resolution
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The Sandwich Islands is the name of the chain Also refered to as The Hawaiian Archipelago Or simply the Hawaiian Islands\n\nHawaii, Kahoolawe, Maui, Lanai, Molokai, Oahu, Kauai, and Niihau. The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, other than Midway, are administratively part of Hawaii.\n\nThe oldest Island is Kure where you find the oldest volcano, Suiko (central) 64.7 Million years old.\n\nThe youngest Island is "The Big Island" of Hawaii, Kilauea volcano is 0.4 Million years old  Mauna Kea is 0.375 Years old
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Alaska was bought from Imperial Russia by the United States, while the pan-handle was given away to the U.S. by the accomodating British.  Hawaii was stolen out from under the Hawaiians by the U.S. military supporting American business interests there.  The Hawaiians had a popular monarchy and a popular government.  However, when they attempted to protect their own, to the detriment of the American businessmen, the monarchy was deposed and the country occupied.  Probably the fate that will one day befall Canada.
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Pearl Harbor, Hawaii\nAdak was attacked in the August of 1942.
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1) Most Hawaiians welcomed being part of America.\n2) Few still wanted independence, couldn't fight.\n3) More opportunities for growth and life improvement.\n4) Only a liberal Democrat would appologize unless directly recently involved.  Hawaii has universal forced  on employer healthcare IF one works full time...SO most people work 32 hours unless they own the place...unintended DRASTIC consequences...BUT sure looked GOOD on paper!
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Hawaii has less pollution, better sea currents & tropical waters are generally clearer/bluer than temperate waters. There are parts of the world with nicer waters than Hawaii but in relation to California, that is how I'd best put it.
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The dirt that covers Hawaii is much older than Hawaii it blew in from China. The same forces covered your artifacts.
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In March 1959, both houses of Congress passed the Admission Act and U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed it into law. (The act excluded Palmyra Atoll, part of the Kingdom and Territory of Hawaiʻi, from the new state.) On June 27 of that year, a plebiscite was held asking residents of Hawaiʻi to vote on accepting the statehood bill. Hawaiʻi voted 17 to 1 to accept. On August 21, church bells throughout Honolulu were rung upon the proclamation that Hawaiʻi was the 50th state of the Union.\n\nAfter statehood, Hawaiʻi quickly became a modern state with a construction boom and rapidly growing economy. The Hawaiʻi Republican Party, which was strongly supported by the plantation owners, was voted out of office. In its place, the Democratic Party of Hawaiʻi dominated state politics for forty years. The state also worked toward restoring the native Hawaiian culture. The Hawaiʻi State Constitutional Convention of 1978 heralded what some called a Hawaiian renaissance. Its delegates created programs that sought to revive the indigenous Hawaiian language and culture. In addition, they sought to promote native control over Hawaiian issues by creating the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
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According to the National Center for Education Statistics Hawaii has only 1 school district.  Nevada may have the next least.  It has only 18 school districts.
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Wrong beach. America's involvement started in Hawaii.
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Hawaii, Alaska, Alaska, Alaska
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Japan was under American Occupation in 1951, you presumably mean the attack upon Pearl Harbour in 1941. To continue it's expanioist agenda, the Japaneses signed the Anti-Comitern Pact, joining with Germany and Italy to form the Axis, attacking the Chinese mainland in 1937, Pearl Harbour in 1941 and other Allied bases, such as those of the British, in South East Asia.
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hawaii, is the best place for your specific time, since the climate, isnt too cold and isnt too hot, because it is hell in the summer!
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Southernmost  Hawaii\nNorthernmost  Alaska\nEasternmost  Alaska\nWesternmost  Alaska\n(The Aleutian islands cross over the international dateline, which divides east form west
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I would love to travel forward in time and see just how our wonderful island paradise has changed. I would also travel back in time to see how wonderful and simple life in Hawai'i actually was. Aren't you curious about that?\n\nHawai'i no ka oi bruddah!!!
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Admitted on August 21, 1959, Hawaii constitutes the 50th state of the United States and is situated 2300 miles from the mainland. It is the southernmost part of that country. As of the 2000 U.S. Census it had a population of 1,211,537 people. Honolulu is the largest city and the state capital.