Kingdom of Hawaii

The Kingdom of Hawaiʻi was founded by the campaign of unification launched by King Kamehameha the Great between 1795 and 1810. Over time diplomatic relations were established with other powers, a small but smart and dedicated army was built and the country developed from a tribal to a constitutional monarchy with a bicameral legislature. Over time American business interests came to dominate and the native Hawaiians were almost totally disenfranchised. When the monarchy tried to restore power to the native people the monarchy was overthrown in 1893 by the foreign elements with US military support and the islands were annexed to the United States in 1898.

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[ciaali2001]

for the last queen does she or did she have any childrens....and can hawaii still have kings or queen's today.....

[MadMonarchist]

@ciaali2001 No, but the family does continue and there is a "royal heir" today in Hawaii. However, as things stand now the islands cannot have a king or queen as long as they are a state in the Union as the Constitution requires all states to have a republican form of government. Hawaii would have to restore her independence in order to restore her monarchy.

[JiminPalmSprings]

@MadMonarchist who is the heir today?.. the pretender,,,, and how is she or he related to the last Queen?

[MadMonarchist]

@JiminPalmSprings The most generally recognized is Prince Quentin of Hawaii, aka Prince Kawānanakoa. His great-grandfather was the successor of the last Queen of Hawaii as head of the royal family.

[TheTEXANJEDI]

Free the Kingdom of Hawaii! Greetings and Support from the Texan Nationalist Movement!

[Abc14ize]

the kings of Hawaii (c.1730-1893) Helohanakua I c.1730-c.1742 Helohanakua II c.1743-1750 Kihailani c.1750-1763 Kihailani II 1763-1780 Keko'iapouwa 1780-1783 Kamehameha I 1783-1819 Kamehameha II 1819-1824 Kamehameha III the Great 1824-1854 Kamehameha IV 1854-1863 Kamehameha V 1863-1872 Lunalilo 1873-1874 Kalakaua 1874-1891 Liliuokalani 1891-1893 The first 5 monarchs didnt rule over all of hawaii. LONG LIVE THE MONARCHIES OF THE WORLD!

[DeltaEagle7700]

@SaveChinaTiger. That is true. Yes, the UK was a Constitutional Monarchy before Hawaii was. Hawaii became a Constitutional Monarchy in the 1840's. Then eventually became a Unitary Legislative Democracy and a Constitutional Monarchy. And yes that is true. Queen Victoria verses the Kingdom of Hawaii did had more power then Britian's monarchy. But our system of government is different then England's system of government. And our monarchs when coming Constitutional, reduced their power in the years.

[SaveChinaTiger]

you should do one on other Pacific island monarchies like Tonga or Tahiti.

[SaveChinaTiger]

@DeltaEagle7700 That's a giant claim. I believe France and the UK were constitutional monarchy before Hawaii. Hawaiian monarchs weld more executive power than Queen Victoria or other British monarchs in their time.

[SaveChinaTiger]

@Abc14ize Your list is really distorted. Who is Keko'iapouwa? If you mean Kamehameha's mother Kekuiapoiwa, she didn't rule. Before Kamehameha were at least twenty different kings that ruled just the big island of Hawaii stretching back all the way to the year 1000. The first 5 on your list is totally made up. Try Kiwalao, Kalaniopuu, Alapainui, Keawe II, Keakealaniwahine, Keakamahana.....

[XXGDUBSXX]

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[DeltaEagle7700]

@TheDerekneseEmporer. I guess you could say that. Hawaii is a democratic monarchy. The first Consitiutional Monarchy in the world to have demorcatic forms of government. Mm-mmm. The main reason why America took over Hawaii, though knowing quite well that what they did was wrong, was because of military power. It is America's sysmbol of how they became the world military power today.

[TheDerekneseEmporer]

I can't belive that U.S. did that. Drmacracy, HA! It is the foult of american aggession. Why did we even atacked them? I had a feeling that hawians had supported the monarchy and the only reason it fell was becouse of stupid demacratit(I maent as a in demacracy) america.

[yogi4itij]

"unless preceded by war, the unilateral annexation of the territory of another State without contractual consent is illegal. It makes no difference that the territory involved may already be under the firm control of the State declaring the annexation." -Encylopedia of Public International Law III

[historylover04]

HAWAII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!