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  2. History of Hawaii - Wikipedia

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    The history of Hawaii is the story of human settlements in the Hawaiian Islands . Polynesians arrived sometime between 940 and 1200 AD. [1] [2] Kamehameha I, the ruler of the island of Hawaii, conquered and unified the islands for the first time, establishing the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1795. [3] The kingdom became prosperous and important for its ...

  3. Hawaiian Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The Hawaiian Kingdom, also known as Kingdom of Hawaiʻi ( Hawaiian: Ke Aupuni Hawaiʻi ), was a sovereign state ruled by unelected dynastic families located in the Hawaiian Islands which existed from 1795 to 1893. It was established during the late 18th century when Hawaiian chief Kamehameha I, from the island of Hawaiʻi, conquered the islands ...

  4. Royal Order of Kamehameha I - Wikipedia

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    Commander and Companion ribbon. The Royal Order of Kamehameha I ( Kamehameha I e Hookanaka) is an order of knighthood established by Kamehameha V in 1865, to promote and defend the sovereignty of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Established by the 1864 Constitution, the Order of Kamehameha I is the second order of its kind in Hawaii .

  5. Hawaiian Kingdom–United States relations - Wikipedia

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    The first United States Minister to Hawaii (diplomatic rank roughly equivalent to a modern Ambassador) was David L. Gregg, who became minister to Hawaii in 1853. A commercial agent (called Consul starting in 1844) had served in the islands since 1820. From November 1874 to February 1875, King Kalākaua made a state visit to the United States ...

  6. Ancient Hawaii - Wikipedia

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    History of Hawaii. Ancient Hawaiʻi is the period of Hawaiian history preceding the unification in 1810 of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi by Kamehameha the Great. Traditionally, researchers estimated the first settlement of the Hawaiian islands as having occurred sporadically between 400 and 1100 CE by Polynesian long-distance navigators from the ...

  7. List of governors of Hawaii - Wikipedia

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    The governor of the State of Hawaii is the head of government of Hawaii, and commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws; the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Hawaii Legislature; the power to convene the legislature; and the power to grant pardons, except in cases of treason and impeachment.

  8. Royal Order of Kalākaua - Wikipedia

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    History. The Royal Order of Kalākaua I (Kalākaua I e Hookanaka) was instituted on 28 September 1874 by King Kalākaua I to commemorate his accession to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi on 12 February 1874. This order was granted to both native Hawaiians and foreigners for superlative service to the monarch and to the kingdom.

  9. Native Hawaiians - Wikipedia

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    Native Hawaiians (also known as Indigenous Hawaiians, Kānaka Maoli, Aboriginal Hawaiians, or simply Hawaiians; Hawaiian: kānaka, kānaka ʻōiwi, Kānaka Maoli, and Hawaiʻi maoli) are the Indigenous Polynesian people of the Hawaiian Islands . Hawaii was settled at least 800 years ago by Polynesians who sailed from the Society Islands.

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