| 1778- |
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British Captain Cook arrives- first Europeans in Hawaii.
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| 1779- |
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Native Hawaiian people resist intrusion.
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| 1835- |
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1835 King Kamehameha III grants first land-lease for American sugar plantation.
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| 1874- |
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King Kalakaua, brother of Princess Liliuokalani, resists land takeover by American sugar plantations.
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| 1891- |
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Queen Liliuokalani crowned upon brother's death.
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| 1893- |
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Queen Liliuokalani deposed by armed American "Committee of Safety";
Americans install provisional "Republic of Hawaii".
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| 1895- |
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Hawaiian nationalists plot to restore Queen Liliuokalani;
Queen arrested, and martial law declared; Emma Aima Nawahi and Joseph Nawahi
found Ke Aloha Aina (The Patriot) newspaper.
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| 1896- |
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Queen Liliuokalani released from imprisonment.
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| 1898- |
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Queen Liliuokalani, in U.S., pleads for Hawaiian independence;
Congress approves annexation of Hawaii by U.S.; U. S. installs territorial
government with suffrage for white male property owners; Queen Liliuokalani,
Hawaii's last monarch, and the Hawaiian people are disfranchised.
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| 1920- |
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Women with U. S. citizenship gain right to vote with 19th Amendment.
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| 1959- |
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Hawaiian Islands enters U.S. as 50th state. |
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