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  1. 1893
    Businessmen call on U.S. military to invade Hawai‘i
    ... Queen Liliu‘okalani of being a “revolutionary” against Hawai‘i. None is Native Hawaiian; all are white plantation ...
  2. 1868
    Japanese and other foreign workers enter Hawai‘i
    Japanese laborers arrive in Hawai‘i, followed by Korean workers in 1903, and Filipino workers in 1906.
  3. 1898
    U.S. annexes Hawai‘i; seizes land; suppresses healers
    The U.S. annexes Hawai‘i and seizes royal and government lands. Launching aggressive assimilation policies, the U.S. outlaws traditional healers known as kahuna . Punishments ...
  4. 1875
    Sugar industry booms; resources abused
    Hawai‘i’s sugar industry booms and becomes incredibly profitable after the Kingdom of Hawai‘i enters into ...
  5. 1852
    Chinese workers come to Hawai‘i
    ... smoking opium. Smoking opium became a problem in Hawai‘i; the government began regulating the growing industry in ...
  6. 1850
    Hawai‘i regulates Asian immigrant labor
    Hawai‘i
  7. 1891
    Hawai‘i’s last monarch is crowned
    Hawai‘i
  8. 1900
    Native Hawaiians oppose U.S. annexation
    ... and President William McKinley signs it into law. Hawai‘i becomes a territory of the U.S., with ... Hawai‘i
  9. 1848
    Hawaiian monarch divides land; paves way for foreign ownership
    ... and the ‘ali‘i ‘ali‘i (chiefs) of Hawai‘i was recorded
  10. 1841
    Native Hawaiian workers mistreated on sugar plantations
    Hawai‘i