Changing Forms of Government

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  1. 4. The event in 1893 that resulted in the removal of Queen Lili‘uokalani and the end of the monarchy.
  2. 5. The strategic Hawaiian harbor that became a key location for trade and foreign influence.
  3. 7. This British officer temporarily seized control of Hawai‘i in 1843.
  4. 8. Foreign religious leaders who introduced Christianity, education, and Western laws to Hawai‘i.
  5. 9. paddle, The famous law that protected commoners, created by Kamehameha I.
  6. 11. The battle where Kamehameha I’s forces pushed O‘ahu warriors off steep cliffs, securing his victory.
  7. 14. The ship commanded by Lord George Paulet that arrived in Honolulu in 1843.
  8. 15. Young, An important foreign advisor who helped Kamehameha I with military strategy and weapons.
  9. 18. II, A Hawaiian ruler who abolished the kapu system and allowed missionaries to enter Hawai‘i.
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  1. 1. The co-ruler (kuhina nui) who played a major role in ending the kapu system.
  2. 2. of 1840, The first written document limiting the power of the Hawaiian monarchy. Unification, The process by which Kamehameha I brought all the Hawaiian Islands under his rule.
  3. 3. of 1840, This constitution divided the Hawaiian government into executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
  4. 6. The name of the system that governed traditional Hawaiian religious and legal practices before 1819.
  5. 10. Hawai‘i’s motto, declared after the Paulet Affair: “Ua mau ke ea o ka ‘āina i ka ____.”
  6. 12. The traditional Hawaiian chief class that ruled over commoners and land.
  7. 13. III, A Hawaiian ruler who oversaw the adoption of the first constitution and established the Great Māhele.
  8. 16. mahele, The name of the land division system established in 1848, changing Hawaiian land ownership laws.
  9. 17. The last island to surrender peacefully to Kamehameha I in 1810.