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The overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom was a coup d'état against Queen Liliʻuokalani that took place on January 17, 1893, on the island of Oʻahu, and was led by the Committee of Safety, composed of seven foreign residents (five Americans, one Scotsman, and one German [ 5]) and six Hawaiian Kingdom subjects of American descent in Honolulu. [ 6 ...
CS-4 HAPALUA (half dollar) 1883 - silver. CS-5 AKAHI DALA (one dollar) 1883 - silver. Mintages of the Hawaiian coins, and the numbers melted by the United States government following their demonetization in 1903, are as follows: Umi Keneta: 250,000; Melted: 79. Hapaha: 500,000; Melted: 257,400.
US$2 - $1 ,300. Obverse. A Hawaii overprint note is one of a series of banknotes (one silver certificate and three Federal Reserve Notes) issued during World War II as an emergency issue after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The intent of the overprints was to easily distinguish United States dollars captured by the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces ...
Kalākaua coinage. Kalākaua 1883 dime. The Kalākaua coinage is a set of silver coins of the Kingdom of Hawaii dated 1883, authorized to boost Hawaiian pride by giving the kingdom its own money. They were designed by Charles E. Barber, Chief Engraver of the United States Bureau of the Mint, and were struck at the San Francisco Mint.
Kahoʻolawe in the foreground, Maui behind it, Mount Haleakala surrounded in clouds. Kahoʻolawe is an extinct shield volcano, which formed during the Pleistocene epoch. It was once connected to the island of Maui Nui before splitting off about 300,000 years ago. Most of the island is covered by basaltic lava flows.
While there was much opposition to the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii and many attempts to restore it, Hawaii became a U.S. territory in 1898 without any input from Native Hawaiians. [17] It became a U.S. state on March 18, 1959, following a referendum in which at least 93% of voters approved of statehood.
The Treaty of Reciprocity between the United States of America and the Hawaiian Kingdom ( Hawaiian: Kuʻikahi Pānaʻi Like) was a free trade agreement signed and ratified in 1875 that is generally known as the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875. The treaty gave free access to the United States market for sugar and other products grown in the Kingdom ...
Hawaii is a novel by James A. Michener [3] published in 1959, the year that Hawaii became the 50th U.S. state. It has been translated into 32 languages. [4]The historical correctness of the novel is high, although the narrative about the early Polynesian inhabitants is based more on folklore than anthropological and archaeological sources.