Nov 2011 Narrative Essay Final Draft Hawaii When people plan to attend Hawaii they think of beautiful beaches‚ great exotic food‚ and the smell of wonderful flowers never before smelt. That is exactly what they get‚ from turquoise blue water to skyscraping palm trees Hawaii has so many exotic things to see. Also all the great smells of Hawaii from the wild fruit to the roasted pig on the beach Hawaii definitely brings to mind one thing happiness. In Hawaii there are many things that bring happiness
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Why Do People Move Away From Hawaii? People are led to believe that Hawaii is paradise. Living is easy‚ weather is nice all year around‚ and the locals are friendly. This may be true but yet many still choose to move away from the islands to start a new life in the mainland. Some may say this is odd‚ but that is before they understand the reasoning behind it. It is difficult to support a family financially well in Hawaii‚ traffic is one of the worst in the country‚ and the crime for drugs is huge
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Do you think that plantation life in Hawaii in the 1800’s was easy? In the 1800’s Hawaii had began to create sugar plantations. Plantation owners‚ called lunas‚ needed to get more workers to keep up with the demand for sugar because sugar was booming. They solved this worker shortage by importing more foreign workers from around the world. I think plantations life in Hawaii in the 1800’s was very difficult. The living conditions were very harsh‚ working conditions were very cruel‚ and gender differences
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surrendered to United States and the Committee of Safety which was created by the Annexation Club have apply for the annexation by the U.S. The overthrow was supported by the U.S. Ministry Stevens and the Americans which was meant to be a plan to annex the Hawaii. The U.S. wanted the wanted their territory because of their economical and political impacts they had.The expectation the Americans were holding was not negative‚ but with the things going by the situation worsen. If the U.S. made a right choice
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trials she was to face. Neither did they know that she would be the last reigning monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Queen Liliuokalani made many difficult decisions during her reign but she did so with the hope of establishing sovereignty and preserving the islands for the native people. The United States played a major role with the dethroning of Queen Liliuokalani and the annexation of Hawaii as they gradually encroached upon the Islands through trade and commerce‚ taking away power from their Monarchy
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While Maui’s king Kahekili II was on Oʻahu‚ Kamehameha’s war fleet landed in Kahului a few kilometers from the base of ʻĪao Valley. An army consisting of around twelve hundred skilled warriors led by Kamehameha and Kekuhaupiʻo‚ advanced on Kahekili’s son Kalanikūpule and other Maui chiefs blocking the ʻĪao valley. The two armies were evenly matched and neither side broke after two days of fighting. On the third day Kamehameha’s army was helped by the use of two cannons (named "Lopaka" and "Kalola")
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Hawaii is known as the go to Paradise for most people who want to travel the country without leaving the United States. Over 150 years ago this was not the case‚ Hawaii was controlled by monarchs that were established by European explorers. Even before this Hawaii was controlled by groups of indigenous people known as the Polynesians. Every island had a distinct cultures‚ beliefs‚ and leaders. The Kingdom of Hawaii lasted a little less than a century with two distinct dynasties. Liliʻuokalani was
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The United States was wrong for annexing Hawaii because they took away the nation’s independency and culture. Prior to the United States’s interference‚ Hawaii was a “very successful” and independent country with “remarkably distinctive society that bound them together in elaborate webs of obligation‚ ritual and reverence for nature.” The United States had no right to interfere in the political and economical system of a foreign nation governed by its own monarchy. But an American born missionary
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“E ola mau ka olelo Hawai’i” (long live the language of Hawai’i) is the motto for all children and teachers who are associated with the Punanaleo and Kulakaiapuni Hawaiian Language Immersion Schools throughout the state of Hawaii. Growth and success of this program can be traced to the same success in other countries in preserving their native languages which at one time were almost extinct much like here with the Native Hawaiian Language. The culture began to revive its ancient practices and now
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embracing a new brand of sustainability: that of the future. Some argue that we face the most significant financial challenges since the Great Depression and that it would financially impossible or imprudent to fund and pursue sustainable practices in Hawaii. Yet‚ in we are facing environmental issues such as rising temperatures and advancing oceans‚ emissions and extinction‚ habitat destruction and urban sprawl‚ encroaching pollution and expanding populations. Human development has provided me with a
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