Colonialism And Colonization In Hawaii

Colonization has been a big part of human nature, for as long people have been around people been conquering each other. From the Romans to late Europeans the idea of imperialism and colonization were very normal things large countries would do. So when America first went into the kingdom of Hawaii it wasn 't that unheard of. After all the only reason America was founded was because of colonialism. `
When native Hawaiians had their first encounter with Americans, obviously, colonialism was almost inescapable. Colonialism is a system of replacing a group 's way of life forcibly. Usually, enforced with advanced technology from a foreign minority, which is brought upon an indigenous majority. Colonialism invariably will cause people to change …show more content…
Queen Liliuokalani hated the movement toward colonization, she said, “I declare such a treaty to be an act of wrong toward the native and part-native people of Hawaii, an invasion of the rights of the ruling chiefs, in violations of international rights… and, finally, an act of gross injustice to me.” As time went on, integration of American culture was forced more and more onto new generations of Hawaiians. This integration consisted of: teaching new schooling ideas, introducing new religious beliefs, and displaying new ways of living. In schools, Hawaiians would be forced to learn American curriculums. “...native boys obtain an intellectual training and learn the various mechanical trades, has an entire corps of American …show more content…
There were pros at the time to annexing and occupying Hawaii. One of which was, Americans saw the indigenous people of Hawaii as savages, and sought to civilize them. So there were waves and waves of missionaries who came to Hawaii to teach Hawaiians how to be civilized, and acted properly as western culture saw fit. Hawaiians did what they could to resist their kingdom from being occupied. They resisted mainly, because they didn 't want their way of life to dissipate. A lot of the ideals of Americans completely went against the beliefs followed by the Hawaiians. The idea of owning land was foreign to the Natives. By the time Americans had taken all of their land, it was too little too late for them to