Hawaiian History - Early years

Hawaiian History - The Early years

Settlement and Conflict

Settlement

Pacific Migration Theories

Prehistory

• Hawaiians here about 1000 years before Cook's arrival in 1778.

• No written language; no written history

• Oral chants; Hawaiians memorized thier personal histories which wove in with collective history of Hawaii.

Development of Hawaiian Culture

• Music, Art, Language, Religion, Tools and weapons, Clothing, Laws and Government

• Ahupua'a, Moku divisions of labor and land

Poll

Did the Hawaiians have a culture before Captain Cook arrived?

• They had a rich culture with many achievements.

• They had a culture but it was very primitive because they could not write.

• They had very little culture with no writing and no history.

• They had no culture and no history.

Open Ended

What were some of the cultural developments of the Hawaiians?

"Prehistoric" Hawaiians

Kamehameha was a young warrior
 when the first English ships arrived.