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another ship stopped at the islands.
After 1786, however, the fur trade
began to develop along the northwest
coast of America, and more and more
ships came to stop at the islands.
The earliest American contact with
the islands appears to be in 1789. In
that year Captain Robert Gray,
commanding a small Boston trading
craft, the Columbia, stopped at the
islands on his way to China. By 1800,
the trans-Pacific fur trade was almost
completely monopolized by New England
ships, and the number of American
craft stopping in Hawaii increased
accordingly. 35/
C. TRANSFORMATION AND CHANGE
(1796-1825)
The arrival of foreigners caused
changes in the economy of Hawaii and
accelerated political and social
transformations already under way.
For the natives, these changes were
profound. One author writes:
Despite the unification of the
islands, the period of
Kamehameha's rule was, for the
Hawaiian people, one of
disintegration, owing to
decimation from war, the infiltration
of Western commercial
practices, the avarice of the
Chiefs and priests, the spread
of haole diseases, and,
perhaps most important, the
breakdown of the Hawaiian
religion. 36/
Political Unification--Kamehameha I
The last quarter of the eighteenth
century found all the islands of the
group caught in the midst of bitter
civil wars. Rival chiefs fought each
other to gain control of the entire
group, a feat never before accomplished.
The great King Kamehameha I finally
succeeded in subduing all of the
islands except Kauai and Niihau in
1796. The latter two islands were
ceded without a battle in 1810. Even
today it is a source of pride for the
residents of Kauai that their island
was not militarily conquered by
Kamehameha.
Several reasons are given for the
success of Kamehameha in the face of
so many other failures to unite the
islands. Among them are the presence
of foreigners and their aid in the
form of both guns and advice, and the
feudalistic character of the Hawaiian
society in which loyalties were not
static. However, probably the most
important reason was the personality
and the ability of Kamehameha himself.
22/
At the conclusion of the civil
wars, the islands prospered as
commoners were free to return to
agricultural pursuits. Kamehameha, as
had all conquering kings before him,
distributed his lands among the all'i
and maintained the basic social and
kapu systems.
Economic Changes
The arrival of foreigners brouqht
drastic changes in the economic and
material system of the native
inhabitants. In the first part of the
nineteenth century, Hawaii developed
from a basic subsistence economy xnt
a trading center. New products wer>-
introduced and Hawaiians traded their
produce to acquire them. Port are
like Honolulu on Oahu and Lahaar.a or
Maui were built up to handle the
trade.
At first, it was the fur trade that
caused ships to winter and replenish
in Hawaii on their way to and from the
Orient. This economic phase was
followed by the sandalwood trade from
about 1810 to 1830. In the 1820's,
the whaling industry replaced
sandalwood as the chief commercial
activity and reached its zenith from
1840 to 1860.
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 coast of America, and more and more
 ships came to stop at the islands.
 The earliest American contact with
 the islands appears to be in 1789. In
 that year Captain Robert Gray,
 commanding a small Boston trading
-craft, the Columbia, stopped at the
+craft, the <u>Columbia</u>, stopped at the
 islands on his way to China. By 1800,
 the trans-Pacific fur trade was almost
@@ Line 14: / Line 15: @@
 ships, and the number of American
 craft stopping in Hawaii increased
-accordingly. 35/
+accordingly. <u>35</u>/
 C. TRANSFORMATION AND CHANGE
-(1796-1825)
+==C. TRANSFORMATION AND CHANGE(1796-1825)==
 The arrival of foreigners caused
 changes in the economy of Hawaii and
@@ Line 23: / Line 25: @@
 For the natives, these changes were
 profound. One author writes:
 Despite the unification of the
-islands, the period of
+:Despite the unification of the islands, the period of Kamehameha's rule was, for the Hawaiian people, one of disintegration, owing to decimation from war, the infiltration of Western commercial practices, the avarice of the Chiefs and priests, the spread of <u>haole</u> diseases, and, perhaps most important, the breakdown of the Hawaiian religion. 36/
 Kamehameha's rule was, for the
-Hawaiian people, one of
+===<u>Political Unification--Kamehameha I</u>===
 disintegration, owing to
 The last quarter of the eighteenth
 century found all the islands of the
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 was not militarily conquered by
 Kamehameha.
 Several reasons are given for the
 success of Kamehameha in the face of
@@ Line 63: / Line 57: @@
 important reason was the personality
 and the ability of Kamehameha himself.
-/
+<u>37</u>/
 At the conclusion of the civil
 wars, the islands prospered as
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 agricultural pursuits. Kamehameha, as
 had all conquering kings before him,
-distributed his lands among the all'i
+distributed his lands among the <u>ali'i</u>
 and maintained the basic social and
-kapu systems.
+<u>kapu</u> systems.
 Economic Changes
-The arrival of foreigners brouqht
+===<u>Economic Changes</u>===
 drastic changes in the economic and
 material system of the native
 inhabitants. In the first part of the
 nineteenth century, Hawaii developed
-from a basic subsistence economy xnt
+from a basic subsistence economy into
-a trading center. New products wer>-
+a trading center. New products were
 introduced and Hawaiians traded their
-produce to acquire them. Port are
+produce to acquire them. Port areas
-like Honolulu on Oahu and Lahaar.a or
+like Honolulu on Oahu and Lahaina on
 Maui were built up to handle the
 trade.
 At first, it was the fur trade that
 caused ships to winter and replenish

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