Introduction

What determines legal status?

• ability to apply power/control government services, etc. (de facto control)
• U.S. law
  • pro-akaka bill
  • anti-akaka bill
    • claims are invalid
    • legitimate claims are being suppressed
• U.N. treaties
• Court cases
• international recognition

Timeline

Pre-contact

• pre-1778

Kingdom

Kamehameha dynasty

• 1810 unification
• 1840 first constitution
• 1843 Paulet affair
• 1852 constitution
• 1864 constitution

Kalakaua dynasty

• 1887 constitution
  • 1889 wilcox rebellion
• 1893 overthrow/revolution/proposed constitution (Provisional Government Era)
  • The Blount Report & Cleveland's actions
  • The Morgan Report
  • Turpie Resolution

Republic

• 1894 republic
• 1895 rebellion

Territory

• 1898 newlands resolution (spanish american war)
• 1900 organic act (Territorial Period)
• 1941 WWII/martial law
  • ceded lands issues - laualoha to elaborate

Statehood

• 1959 statehood
• modern sovereignty movements
  • 1970 ALOHA
  • 1983 Native Hawaiians Study Commission Report
  • 1993 Apology Resolution
  • 1997-2007 Akaka Bill
  • 2000 Larsen v. Sai

OK, so that we have more to choose from, here are the items I proposed on the talk page: • the formation and structure of the Kingdom government

• Diplomatic History: Treaties, Membership in Family of Nations, etc.

• the Bayonet Constitution

• Lili'uokalani's Ascendancy and the 1893 Constitution

• The Overthrow

• The PG

• The Blount Report & Cleveland's actions

• The Morgan Report

• The Wilcox Rebellions & the Queen's imprisonment

• The Turpie Resolution & Cleveland's cessation of support

• The Republic

• Annexation & the Spanish-American War

• The Territorial Period & Government

• WWII

• Statehood

• Formation of the modern sovereignty movement & actions

• The Apology Law

• International legal actions —Preceding unsigned comment added by Laualoha ( talk • contribs) 20:53, 7 October 2007 (UTC) reply