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Hawaii Through Time

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    History of Hawaii

  • 13 colonies declare independence from England;Revolutionary War begins

  • James Cook Discovers Hawaii

  • King Kamehamha Unites All the Islands as the Kingdom of Hawaii

  • Hawaii State Flag Adopted

  • The First Protestant Missionaries Arrive in Hawaii

  • Hawaiians Write Their Own Constitution

  • Sugar Plantations Become Big Business on the Islands

  • The U.S. Civil War begins

  • King David Kalakaua is the First Ruling Monarch to Visit the United States

  • The Republic of Hawaii is Established

  • Hawaii Becomes a Possesion of the United States

  • First successful flight;Wright brothers;Kitty Hawk North Carolina

  • Pearl Harbor is Attacked by Japenese Bombers

  • American TV broadcasting begins

  • Hawaii becomes the 50th State of America

  • First man lands on the moon

  • President Bill Clinton Signs the Apology Resolution, Apologizing for the U.S. Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii

  • Terrorists attack in NYC and Washington D.C. (9/11)