HWST107 Study Guide Units 6-7 Flashcards
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Prior to 1778
Hawaiian genealogies extend back 2,000 years
Prior to 1778
Spanish arrive in Hawaiʻi
1778
Population 1,000,000
1778
Captain Cook lands at Waimea, Kauaʻi
1778
Introduction of STD’s to HawaiʻI - Gonorrhea, syphilis and tuberculosis by 1816 Russian ships note advanced cases of STD’s affecting Hawaiians
1804
Bubonic Plague
1810
Kamehameha unites the Hawaiian Archipelago under his rule
1819
Kamehameha dies his son Liholiho becomes Mōʻī
1819
Kapu system abolished one month after Liholiho becomes king
1824
Liholiho dies five years after being king of measles in London
1824
Kauikeaouli becomes Mōʻī at age 11, with Kaʻahumanu as regent
1820
First American missionaries arrive in Hawaiʻi
1823
Missionary estimate population at 150,000
1826
Influenza
1832
Whooping Cough
1834
Approximately 92 percent of Hawaiian adults are literate
1839
The French Captain Laplace threatens to bombard Hawaiʻi unless they pay him $20,000, place France on most favored status, allowed Catholic priest into Hawaiʻi, and no duty on French wines and brandy
1840
Hawaiʻi considered a Christian nation and the ABCFM begins to withdraw financial support of its missionaries in Hawaiʻi
1840
Leprosy
1842
United States recognizes the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi
1843
Lord George Paulet demands $100,000 for alleged insults to British subjects then seizes Hawaiʻi for England not withstanding a 1836 treaty with England. Six months later England sends Admiral Thomas to reinstate the lawful Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. England and France recognize Hawaiʻi as an independent nation
1848
Measles, Whooping Cough & Influenza
1848
Population 88,000
1849
The French Admiral Louis Tremain arrived in Honolulu making more demands on the King and lands French troops taking possession of the Fort of Honolulu and then destroyed coastal cannons and other weapons