Daniel E Udoh

Rulers of Hawaiian Kingdom: Brief History of the Overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy Daniel E Udoh

During early 3rd century, the Hawaiians settled in the islands after navigating the oceans using the stars and the birds as guide. They arrived and occupied the islands created by formation of volcanoes. Polynesians from the Marquesas Islands whose settlement were 2000 miles from south of Hawaii, sailed and voyaged day and night upon reaching the islands in groups of waka. They saw that the Islands were good for colonization with no wild lives, mosquitoes and no diseases. They began planting, fishing and hunting in the Islands, after which they built homes and shelter. The settlers having enough resources established their cultures and societal laws on the islands, by the time the settlers had established a civilized tribe, some tribes began eyeing the islands and by 1200 AD, Tahitian chiefs, priests and warriors invaded the islands under the leadership of a priest known as Paao. The invaders created a caste based social system and warrior based society known as the Kapu system. This Kapu based system connected the upper ruling chiefs known as Alii to the gods and through marriages, adoption and war, their powers and authorities grew stronger throughout the islands. Through their mana, each chief had his own island to control, soon they were territorial wars. The natives lived their lives in peace and harmony until the arrival of Americans and Europeans, the foreigners brought with them, series of diseases and infections ranking from Smallpox to leprosy to different and unknown diseases which begins killing the natives, but their next plot would forever change the history of Hawaii.