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Polynesian voyagers establish the first communities.
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Hawaiian society develops a stratified class system:
Aliʻi – chiefs and rulers.
Kahuna – priests and skilled experts.
Makaʻāinana – commoners (farmers, fishers, workers).
Kauwā – lowest class (outcasts, sometimes used as human sacrifices).
Chiefs begin consolidating power over larger regions instead of just small villages. -
Cook is killed during a conflict at Kealakekua Bay on Hawaii Island.
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Caption Cook arrives in Hawaii
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Battle of Nuʻuanu takes place on the southern shores of Oʻahu. It was a key battle in Kamehameha's campaign to unite the islands.
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Kamehameha I unites the Hawaiian Islands.