After watching the film, "Hawaii's Last Queen," you should have a better understanding of imperialism and the motives that cause strong nations to overpower weaker nations. You saw Queen Liliuokalini's unsuccessful struggle to keep her Hawaiian people independent of foreign rule. You witnessed her faith in the American government as she gave up her throne with optimistic thoughts that her power would be restored in the near future. As we know, this was not the case. Hawaii was annexed as an American territory in 1898 and eventually became the 50th state in 1959.
In your reflection of the film, give a response with a summary (paragraph length) describing how Americans gained political and economic power in Hawaii. Be sure to include specific details about the missionaries, Queen Liliuokalini's childhood, foreign influences on Hawaiian culture, etc. Use your video question sheet and answers to help with this paragraph.
In addition, write a short paragraph on the way the story was portrayed through the Queen's perspective. You often heard excerpts from her diary that described her thoughts and feelings. Was this an effective way to tell the story? Do you think the program tried to persuade viewers to sympathize with the Hawaiian queen and people? Be specific in your argument.
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Americans gained political power in Hawaii, when the king was in power. He allowed missionaries in the government and in the royal family. The missionaries were schools for the royal family were they told that Hawaiian culture was wrong and they trained them as Americans. The king also signed the Bayonet Constitution which stated that Hawaiians could not vote it also stripped the Hawaiian monarchy of most of its authority. Westernization played a big role in the Hawaiian culture and in the Queens life too.
I thought it was an interesting way to tell the story through the perspective of the queen. I deliberated that it was a bid for sympathy. Because through the entire film they only talk about the negative and how she was forced to make the decisions, and how people went around her to make America involved.
1. Americans gained political and economic power because Queen Liliuokalani's brother, the king, gave the foreigners control over the government. He appointed several Americans into the Hawaiian court. He also relied on the foreign powers.The foreigners also influenced the Queen because she was taught in the schools the foreign missionaries made for elite families.
I think the video explained the annexation of Hawaii in a very effective way. I feel that we have a right to hear both sides of the story. The program may have done that to sympathize with the Hawaiian people, but if you look at it from both sides the United States were wrong for declaring to overthrow Queen Liliuokalani and basically taking over Hawaii. In my opinion, that is one of the few acts the US has done I feel I frown upon and am displeased by our actions.
1. The way the Americans gained economic and political power in Hawaii was sending missionaries who eventually got cabinet positions and forcing the king to sign the Bayonet Constitution. This constitution deprived the Hawaiian people to vote and gave Pearl Harbor to the Americans. Missionaries banned different aspects of the Hawaiian culture. For example, they banned the hola, nuedity, Hawaiian chants, and songs. They also gave Hawaii diseases, American customs, schooling, and the idea of doing away with the monarchy. To give the Americans an advantage the queen was taught by Americans and married an American and the king, during his reign, would bring in more people and the more money the people made the more power they had.
2. I think that the movie was an affectice way to tell the story of Hawaii being annexed. I also think it is good to hear both sides of the story so you can know how other people were thinking and how they were treated. The program did try to presuade viewers to sympathize with the queen and her pepole. They did this by telling us the queen's perspective and how she was treated unfairly by the Americans. I do sympathize with the queen and Hawaiian people because they didnt have a chance to stand up for what they thought or what they wanted to happen to Hawaii. This movie helped me see both sides of America taking over Hawaii.
1. The United States gained political and economic power in Hawaii because the Hawaiians turned to the missionaries. Hawaii had weak officials so they had little control. So the United States took matters into their own hands and eventually got rid of the queen and took total control of the country. But before this all happened the Hawaiians gave government spots to the missionaries. They gained economic control by taking over the sugar and pineapple industries. The Hawaiians portrayed the missionaries as heroes. They created a school for the elite families. Queen Liliuokaliani attended this school where she was taught many school subjects as well as how to speak, read, and write in English. When the missionaries came to Hawaii they were shocked by what went on, and later banned nudity and the Hula. The Hawaiians used their chants and songs to keep their old traditions.
2. Queen Lilioukaliani’s story from her perspective was a lot better than a normal Hawaiian citizen because she was the queen and went through many problems throughout her rein as Queen. Using her diary for the program was an effective way to tell the story because you had her real life story on what went down in Hawaii. Also these weren’t stories passed on from generation to generation this was her real story, and sometimes after passing the story around and around it can get skewed. Which means false or incorrect information can be heard. Yes, I do feel as if the program tried to persuade viewers to sympathize for the Hawaiian queen and people because what the United States did was unfair and wrong. After watching this program I got a better understanding on how Hawaii became a state. At first I believed that we just bought, but I was surprised that they just came over and completely took over.
The political shift in Hawaii, shifted to the Amercans over time. The Queen Lilioukiliani's childhood school was run by Americans so some of what she believed in were adapted from American culture. Some of the foriegn influences were how the Queen was forced to hand over the rights to Hawaii because she was under the impression that America would right all the wrongs in Hawaii and she would be given her power back. No such thing ever happened.
I started to feel sympathy for the Queen. It helped with the diary so that you could understand better what she and all of Hawaii was thinking. I think that it was rather creul how America got control of Hawaii. In all fairness though, the video really made you feel bad about the Hawaiians. Still, I believe i would have sided with the Hawaaians
1)Americans gained political power in a few different ways. A main way they gained power is through missionaries. Missionaries came over and forced American culture and christianity on the hawaiian people. Queen Liliuokalini was also already "normal" to the missionaries. Queen Liliuokalini had a childhood raised a christian and with American values. So for her it was no change, but for the everyday hawaiian it was a major change. These Americans that took over took away the peoples values and made it hard for them to express thereselves.
2) The movie telling the story in Queen Liliuokalini's view was a great way to do it. I dont believe it was trying to make people feel bad for the hawaiians. I think Queen Liliuokalini's words would be better then everyones because she is the leader that had to go through this. If it was written by an American i dont believe it would be as good because it wouldn't just be the story anymore it would be trying to get everyone to agree with it. That is why i think Queen Liliuokalini made the story more believable for both sides because she had nothing against Americans.
The Americans gained political and economic power in Hawaii for many reasons. One reason is that the King turned to the missionaries for advice. The missionaries had played a key role in Hawaii. They brought Christianity, they also banned the Hula and they created schools for elite families including the Queen. The Americans also had the Bayonet Constitution which stripped the monarchy of executive powers and replaces the cabinet with members of the businessmen's party.
I feel like the Queen telling her thoughts and feelings from her diary was an effective way to tell the story. I think it was a good way because i think it gives us her own perspective of what happened and how she felt. I think the program did persuade us to sympathize with the Queen and people. I believe this because the way the program explained of how the Queen was being overthrown it made us feel bad that she was taken away from her thrown.
The U.S took over Hawaii by sending over missionaries. The missionaries eventually overthrew the queen. They came over and set up a school just for children of the seven ruling family. Queen Liliuokalini was in the school and she learned of American life and they instilled those values in her. She learned many things and she could write western music. The Americans gained political and economic power in Hawaii by being appointed into roles in the cabinet. The Americans thought that Hawaii would be good territory to own and they overthrew the Queen.
I thought it was unfair the way they treated the Queen. They forced her to give up her thrown by gunpoint. She had hope that she would regain her throne but she never did, I felt bad for her. I especially felt bad when they imprisoned her for no reason. She was imprisoned without anything to do and without any reading material and she was secluded from society. I felt bad for her because she felt that the Hawaiin culture was getting ruined by the Americans and in a way it was. She died poor and disappointed, I feel that the U. S was not kind to her and she was a good queen who did not deserve that treatment.
-Zach Miller
Americans gained political and economic power in Hawaii in a very controlling manner very fast. They had over thrown the Hawaiians government and took over. It mostly started when the king appointed some missionaries as a part of senate and government in Hawaii. When the missionaries had come over they had also brought with them their Western ways. Another factor that led to overthrowing the government was the Bayonet Constitution. This was a constitution that stripped the monarchy of executive powers and replaced the cabinet with members of the business men’s party. The Americans took over economically because of the sugar plantations. This was a big factor for the fall of their economics. As immigrants came over to work on their sugar plantations they had also brought American culture and ways with them. Queen Liliuokalani’s childhood was also influenced a lot by Americans. She had been taught as a child by some of the missionaries that had set up schools to teach children to speak and write. She also learned to write ancient Hawaiian music.
Queen Liliuokalani had very different leadership skills than her brother who was in control of Hawaii previous to her. He was very extravagant, flamboyant, and optimistic. He had brought back many things such as the hula since the missionary time. However Liliuokalani had taken the thrown after he died and unfortunately at a very bad time. This was around the time when the United States wanted to annex Hawaii. She had tried to preserve the Hawaiian culture but the Americans were too controlling. In her perspective, the Americans had forced her from the thrown and took over Hawaii in a very controlling way. She had done nothing wrong to Hawaii, Hawaii’s culture, or the United States. Hawaii was annexed in 1898 as an American territory and eventually became the 50th state in 1959.
Over time the Americans gained political and economic power in Hawaii. The missionaries are one of the reasons for the overthrow of the king, they set up a school just for the seven ruling famalies children. Therefore the kids of those families became more westernized, for example Queen Liliuokalani. She was married to a westerner, was educated by americans, and she could write westren and ancient hawian music. But at a point the traditional cultures were prohibited like teaching the Hawaiin language and the Hula dance.Their culture was being taken away. Also another way the Americans gained power was when the King was in charge he appointed missionaries to the Cabinet. Also there were alot more sugar plantation owners, and the Bayonette Constitution was put in place. This constitution lost the Hawians right to vote and Pearl Harbor.
The way the story was portrayed was that the queen had been betrayed. The buisnessmen who planned to overthrow the queen argued that they were overthrowing a corrupt, dissolute regime in order to advance democratic princables. Basically they were saying that the the queen was corrupt and was doing something wrong. I think showing it through her perspective was a good way to do it because it gave me a better idea of the annexation of Hawaii. Hearing how the queen felt showed what it was really like on the islands, and reading the exercpts from her diary showed how she felt about her country and it being taken away from her. Yes i think they were trying to make us sympathize the people because throughout the whole movie the queen was portrayed as perfect and she was doing nothing wrong.
Over time the Americans gained political and economic power in Hawaii. The missionaries are one of the reasons for the overthrow of the king, they set up a school just for the seven ruling famalies children. Therefore the kids of those families became more westernized, for example Queen Liliuokalani. She was married to a westerner, was educated by americans, and she could write westren and ancient hawian music. But at a point the traditional cultures were prohibited like teaching the Hawaiin language and the Hula dance.Their culture was being taken away. Also another way the Americans gained power was when the King was in charge he appointed missionaries to the Cabinet. Also there were alot more sugar plantation owners, and the Bayonette Constitution was put in place. This constitution lost the Hawians right to vote and Pearl Harbor.
The way the story was portrayed was that the queen had been betrayed. The buisnessmen who planned to overthrow the queen argued that they were overthrowing a corrupt, dissolute regime in order to advance democratic princables. Basically they were saying that the the queen was corrupt and was doing something wrong. I think showing it through her perspective was a good way to do it because it gave me a better idea of the annexation of Hawaii. Hearing how the queen felt showed what it was really like on the islands, and reading the exercpts from her diary showed how she felt about her country and it being taken away from her. Yes i think they were trying to make us sympathize the people because throughout the whole movie the queen was portrayed as perfect and she was doing nothing wrong.
The annexation of Hawaii was a slow process. It first started when American missionaries went to Hawaii to convert them to Christians.They made schools to make Hawaiians more like Americans. In these schools they taught them how to speak English and the Christian religion.But in these schools only the main families of Hawaii could go like Queen Liliuokalani was a student there.Eventually the missionaries got into the government and took over a lot of the Hawaii such as its economic power by making King David Kalakaua sign the Bayonet constitution.
The story of Hawaii's annexation from the Queens point of view gives me a idea that this was a tough time for her. This gave me an idea how that country felt during this time. I think the program tried to get the audience's sympathy for the Hawaiian people.
In the movie, Americans gained political and economic power in Hawaii, by building schools for the rich families. America sent missionaries over to Hawaii to help establish a government to bring down the Hawaiian kingdom. In order to gain more economic power Americans also took over Hawaii’s sugar plantations. Growing up, Liliuokalani attended the school that the Americans set up. When her brother was king he wrote a constitution called The Bayonet Constitution. The constitution stated that America can choose who is put into office. The reason he agreed to this, was because he was forced to sign at gun point. After her brother’s death, she took the thrown and shortly after was forced to resign. America then took control over Hawaii and Hawaii became the 50th state.
I feel that using the queen’s perspective was an effective way to tell the story. Queen Liliuokalani’s diary entries were both truthful and heartfelt. In addition to telling the story of the fall of Hawaii, you sensed how saddened she was for the Hawaiian people. Not only were they losing their home but also their culture. I don’t feel that the program was trying to persuade us to sympathize with the Hawaiian queen and people. I believe that they were trying to just tell the story how it really happened.
In the film “Hawaii’s Last Queen” we saw the struggles to keep Hawaii under the monarchy control instead of having foreign policies come in and change the Hawaiian culture. The film showed us many of the everyday difficulties that the king and queen would have to face because America wanted to govern Hawaii. Throughout the film it was showcased many hard times and changes to Hawaii because of foreign ways. Sugar plantations were brought to Hawaii as an American way to get money, however to Hawaiians the sugar plantations must have felt like slavery considered to what they would normally do. Also with the sugar plantations brought many different people, immigrants. These immigrants soon became the majority in population leaving the natives as a minority. Furthermore, the Hawaiians had to change the way they lived by industrializing. With time, as Americans took over, Hawaii became a mini version of San Francisco because Americans and immigrants felt that Hawaii wasn’t with the time. Right after the queen stepped down from the throne Hawaii became more “America” then “Hawaiian”. This served as a problem to most. Finally when the queen died they had no choice but to accept the changes.
In the film, Liliuokalini, the queen of Hawaii, said some of the narration I feel that this was a good idea because it gave the film a personal feel. When the film would narrate different parts of the story from her diary I thought that that showed how hard it was for her and all of the struggles she had to endure. It defiantly put the viewers in a spot where you can really feel how hard life must have been for the islanders back then. All in all I feel that by giving people an inside look at her life and struggles you see that maybe American rule wasn’t the best for Hawaii.
Americans gained political power in the Hawaiian Islands by influencing them and making family ties through marriage. The wealthy Americans would marry the elite Hawaiians and use that to get into the government because most people would be more inclined to hire family for a job than anyone else. They also gained economic power by buying or planting large sugar cane plantations. They would use the native Hawaiians to work on these plantations or they would import immigrant workers from Asian countries to work on them. Then they would sell it back to the US tax free so that they would make a lot of money while still selling the sugar at a low price. The missionaries tried and succeeded in modernizing the Hawaiian people and in influencing their culture. They banned certain cultural aspects like the hula dance and some types of songs.
Yes, having some of her thoughts and feelings put into the movie did help portray her seriousness toward wanting to fight the influx of Americans and immigrants coming into her kingdom and slowly taking over. Having what she was thinking and writing down in her diary made her seem more alive than just having someone summarize what she wrote and telling us. It made me say to myself one time “wow I can’t believe the US did that…”. So having her thoughts and feelings in the movies did make us sympathize with the Hawaiian people.
How America gained political and economic power in Hawaii all started when the missionaries came. The missionaries came to basically "American-ize" the Hawaiian people, they created a school for the elite families, where they could send their kids to learn to be more 'American' and taught the people how to read and write, they banned some Hawaiian tradtions such as the Hula dance as well. One of the students at the missionary school, was princess Liliokalani, who was to be Hawaii's future queen, after her brother. She learned to read and write and was a good student. When her brother became king, he did things a little to fancy and jind of sloppy, he looked to the missionaries for help and he gave them government power. This was called the Bayonet Constitution, this restricted the Hawaiians to vote,and Liliuokalani knew it was not going to turn out good in the future. Another reason America gained economic power is because the sugar laborer's who worked on the sugar plantations. The sugar was shipped to America often, for trade and Hawaii needed alot of people working on the plantations.
The story of the queen was told so people would feel sympathetic toward the way the Americans treated the Hawaiians. I think this was an effective way to tell the story because the Americans basically came to Hawaii and took over, there isnt really another side to the story. The Hawaiians didnt do anything negative to them to cause them to take over their nation. So, even if people weren't persuaded by the way the story was told its still what happened. i dont think there is another way to explain the story, besides that America wanted Hawaii to have the samae goverment and their sugar, and to expand their nation.
1. My main view of this film, "Hawaii's Last Queen" is that it was a major trajedy for the Hawaiian people and their Queen. I did not like how the American missionaries wanted to overthrow Queen Liluokalani. Some of the ways in which Americans gained political and economic power were by creating an American-style government, and they had the Hawaiian King turned over to the missionaries. The Americans also made the Queen marry an American man. While this went on, Native Hawaiians died of diseases, etc. from foreign influences. Hawaiians were losing control of their land to America and the U.S. missionaries.
2. The way the story of "Hawaii's Last Queen" was portrayed through Queen Liluokalani was through different "chapters" in her diary. These chapters range from her childhood to the treaty to make Hawaii a U.S. territory being signed. Each of these excerpts were major parts of her thoughts and feelings. In my opinion, this was an excellent way to tell the story because each chapter tells the reader not only a bit of her life, but also explains and proves to the reader how the Americans and the missionaries treated the Hawaii nation and their queen. Two of the excerpts that would persuade the reader to sympathize with the queen and the rest of Hawaii would be the part where the queen talks of how she was charged with many crimes that she did not commit (she was just trying to protect her country). The other excerpt is where the Queen writes about how she was aressted and imprisoned in one of the upper palace rooms for nine months. These chapters of her life teach us that the Queen was not treated with respect (just because she was the queen), and that the Americans were reckless and cruel with their decision to take Hawaii and make it a territory for the U.S.
Hawaii and the U.S. had a trade treaty that would allow the Hawaiian sugar to be sold in the United States duty free. Hawaii leased Pearl Harbor into U.S. for naval vessals as a repair and station fueling. There was a constitution that gave White Hawaiian born planters control of the government, the White Hawiian born planters forced the king to accept it.In 1891 the King died, her sister Liliuokalani took the thrown.Queen Lilioukalani was a strong nationlist, she didn't want the U.S, to have control over the islands.In 1893, pineapple planter Snaford B. Dole with the help of the U.S. Marines, removed Queen Liliuokulani from the thrown. Snaford B Dole proclaimed Hawaii as a republic and requested that it be annexed by the U.S. When William McKinley was elected Pres. he supported the annexation. It's a manifest destiny," Willian McKinley was elected president in 1896, he supported the annexation. He said it was a manifest destiney. After briefly considering whether the Hawaiian ppl wished to be annexed, Congress was swayed by arguments that the U.S. needed naval stations in Hawaii in order to protect it's world trade. In 1898, Congress approved the annexation of hawaii.
Americans gained both political and economic power in Hawaii by taking charge. The United states went to Hawaii and started ruling, essentially setting their own customs and replacing the original ones. This activity was betraying to the Hawaiian people. At the time Queen Liliuokalini was queen of the Hawaiian Islands and tried to fight the dispute, however she did not win. She actually was held in U.S. hands due to the fact that she wanted to keep Hawaii as it was.
The story of "Hawaii's last queen" was in Queen Liliuokalini's point of view and was devastating to see what our country did to the Hawaiian people and the Queen herself. From that side of the story I had sympathy for the Hawaiians. Yes, I believe the program did try to persuade the viewers to agree with the Hawaiians but also it was coming from their perspective and I know I would have felt the same way if my country was being annexed. What happened with the U.S. and Hawaii might not have been right but also may not have been as brutal as described in the video shown in class. In my opinion I agree with the Hawaiians and I do not agree on how the United States handled the situation.
The Americans had taken over the political & economical power in Hawaii because the king became a "puppet" which deprived them of votes. Also the Hawaiians had to ask missionaries how to run the government. The missionaries started new customs, banned the hula, created a school for only helpless family's. Queen Liliuokalani was very amazing she brought back the hula. The Native Americans were dying of alcohol and diseases so they had to make some cultural changes.
It was a good thing to tell the story from the Queens perspective. We got the story from a important part, if not the most important part of it. I think that the Queen came off as a smart, risky woman willing to risk everything for what she believes in.
The United States appoints missionaries to the Hawaiian Cabinet to make decisions for Hawaii. For example, the Bayonet Constitution was created ways that Hawaii could vote. The missionaries also set up schools for seven ruling family children. In Liliuokalani’s free time she would right music that had a western feel which would also influence the Hawaiian culture.
I felt sorry for what Liliuokalani had to go through. The Americans were selfish in attempting to take over Hawaii. It definitely told the story so hat viewer would feel sorry for the Hawaiian people. It was an effective way to tell the story cause it told it thoroughly through the queen. She would write in her diary to let all of the emotions and stress out. She would also sing it out through her unique way of music, which is healthy for her mind during the time of her losing her throne slowly to the U.S.
Sam Stanitski
The missionaries started getting political and economic power throughout the years because of the king at first. The king let missionaries in the cabinet and foreigners started becoming powerful. The Bayonet Constitution then came into play. It was the first missionaries grandchildren who overthrew the queen. Missionaries also set up a school just for the seven ruling families children. The brother was extravagent. Although the brother brought back hawaii's culture it was too late for the queen to change foriegn influence. The population of Hawaii died out 80% in the 50 years.
Showing how the takeover of Hawaii by the queen's perspective was a very good way to show how it all happened. Of the queen having a relationship with a foriegn guy, but still being the queen of hawaii with have a mixed impact and a bunch of different views on how this takeover took place. On her thoughts and feelings it showed a way on how a hawaiian native told about her views on whats happening, but also telling the story of her foriegn husband and how she had two sides of the story. I think the program tried to show overall that it was wrong to take Hawaii over.
The story of the annexation of Hawaii begins in 1893 and is caused by conflicting goals of white businessmen and their struggled to obtain good trading conditions with the Hawaiian people who fought to protect their cultural back ground and maintain a national identity. Eventually, these businessmen gained control over Hawaii. This took place on January 17, 1983. With the help of the American Minister to Hawaii and the United States Army, the businessmen imprisoned the queen and seized 1.75 million acres of crown land and conspired to annex the islands to the United States.
We have record of the annexation of Hawaii through the United States’ eyes, but what of the queen’s perspective? Naturally, the queen felt strong negative feelings towards the annexation. She felt that her throne was taken away from her due to the greed of the businessmen. Upon the annexation she called upon the United States asking them “to undo the actions of its representatives.” Unfortunately for her the U.S. refused to help her. I believe this video was an effective way to tell the story because it did a good job of showing the story from both sides. However, I do believe the video tried to persuade me to sympathize with the United States because in the movie it noted more vices done by the islanders, and not as much with the United States.
Queen Liliuokalini was educated by missionaries whose family would eventually take over her political position. Queen Liliuokalini’s brother had appointed a few missionaries into the government’s cabinet which began the eventual overthrow of the kingdom. Sugar plants were in the hands of American farmers. Hawaii depended much on the sugar industry so Americans owned a majority of the money making crops. Epidemics killed many Hawaiians which had another big influence on Hawaii itself.
The story was portrayed in quite a sad way. She recognized in her diaries that she came into power too late after her brother to fix things within the government. Soon enough the missionaries would take full power of Hawaii and she would be out of her thrown. The queen did nothing wrong to Hawaii or the missionaries but she was still punished by having to give up her thrown.
-Dallas Molster.
The Americans gained economic and political power in Hawaii by taking away certain customs and forcing government changes. The missionaries banned customs like the hola and instead forced American customs. The Bayonet Constitution was also created which got ride of the monarchy. The king had to do what the American government said now because of the constitution. The king also gave the missionaries cabinet positions. The Americans also took over Hawaii's sugar-cane business.
I think the way the movie portrayed the Queen made you feel bad for her. It would tell you that she was not happy about what was going on in the government. When she was being thrown out of being queen the movie made you feel bad for her because she wanted to do a good job as queen. The movie persuaded you to feel bad for her.
The missionaries who went to Hawaii had a huge influence on the economics and culture of the Hawaiian people. The missionaries introduced new things to the Hawaiians such as a religion and set up a school for the seven ruling family’s children. Liliuokalani went to this school for her education. The king also appointed missionaries into the cabinet which helped the Americans gain political and economic power. The Americans made a constitution with the Hawaiians called the Bayonet Constitution. Bayonet Constitution helped the missionaries see what was going on in the government by not giving the king as much power. After the king died, Liliuokalani became queen. She tried to regain power in the government. Liliuokalani was dethroned from being queen by the Americans.
I think that putting the story through the Queen’s perspective was effective. This was effective because you sympathized with the Hawaiians. It showed the Hawaiians’ perceptive and helped us know how they felt about the missionaries. It was also effective because Liliuokalani’s diary gave a lot of detail to what was happening and how people were reacting to the situation. I think the film made you sympathize with the Hawaiians. Since the film was in the Queen’s perspective, it showed the negative things the Americans did to the Hawaiians.
Mike K.
Question 1
In my mind, Americans were attempting to increase their pride in political and economic power in Hawaii upon they entry of gain new knowledge based on regions of Hawaii. In other word, there was an opportunity to avoid those corrupt by leading by an independent foreign ruler. That person would be Queen Liluokalini who feasible to avoid those conflicts but she failed. According to economic and political power of Americans’ in Hawaii, were influenced changes in Hawaiian culture bythe outsiders. Those outsiders referred to missionaries from New England. Their goal was to bring Christianity, literacy and new political systems into Hawaiian culture. Unfortunately, Americans became so beneficial over the time and decides to take over the land. Hawaii’s independence was threatened by Americans. This led to the statement and period of Nationalism. When Americans eventually got enough power to control the entire region of Hawaii, Hawaii was annexed as an American territory. This occurred in 1989 and later became the 50th State in 1959.
Question 2
Once there was a way in the story which was portrayed through the Queen’s perspective. Although the story explicitly proclaims the Queen’s identity and values that were influenced by both Hawaiian and American culture. Furthermore, she actually went to school in America. She grew up in Hawaii, however, she lived in America for her education. Thus, she knew both ways of life. As long as the Queen had the responsibility of being the ruler of Hawaii, she gained power of leadership over the Hawaiian culture. She had both strengths and weaknesses with her leadership styles. As a strength, she created allies with the landowners but her failures were they gained too much control over her government. Queen Liliuokaliani’s speech on America’s takeover of Hawaii was special and effective. It showed the story from her point of view. In the end, no one could support her because they all saw her belief in the American government and the fact that she gave up her throne.
Americans gained economic and political control in Hawaii in several different ways. One is missionaries set up schools for the rich kids to attend to enhance their knowledge on American government and belief. Another was that the Americans rolled in a cabinet. However, U.S. pretty much just took over Hawaii and didn't acknowledge that this wasn't there property and forcefully took it.
I thought that portraying the story through the queens perspective was the best possible way to tell this story. I think this for many reasons. One is because you get the best sense of what was really going on during this period of time in Hawaii. Another is it is probably the most reliable or credible source of this story. And when i heard it this way it just all made sense and was easy to understand how wrong America was for ripping her power away.
Hawaii was taken over gradually from the time the missionaries started staying in the islands until the time Queen Lilioukani was overthrown. The take over started when the missionaries came to the Hawaiian Islands, and the King relied on them to help him keep the government going. It also helped the Americans take over because Queen Lilioukalani was very westernized. She had dined at the White House and she could speak English. The fact that the missionaries had gained spots in the government helped in the eventual overthrow of the Queen. When the first Americans came to Hawaii they brought along diseases and that eliminated a lot of the native Hawaiians.
In this movie they portrayed America as the bad guys. They showed that America when they took over Hawaii they punished the Queen for just being the Queen. Also after the take over they cut up the Hawaiian flag and gave the pieces to the missionaries to show their accomplishments. That made the Americans look like they have no heart towards the Hawaiians and they didn’t care about taking them over for their own strategic reasons.
The missionaries played an important role in the events leading to the annexation of Hawaii. The missionaries set up a school for Hawaiian natives to learn how to read and write. At the same time, missionaries also banned the hula dance and nudity with hopes of eventually bringing down the Hawaiian monarchy. As a child, Queen Liliokalani hoped to one day follow in the footsteps of her brother who built the Iollani Palace. As more and more foreigners arrived on the Hawaiian Islands, They brought with them many diseases and epidemics.
The readings from the Liliokalani’s diary were an effective way of looking at what the events that the Hawaiian natives had to go through. This video shows how the queen felt through all of these events and what she was thinking. I think that this video is a viewpoint of the Hawaiian natives because this video explains what they thought when their homeland was being annexed by The United States. This video also explains the traditions the natives lost since being annexed by the U.S. Overall, I think that this program is trying to persuade its viewers to sympathize with the Hawaiians and Queen Liliokalani to show what they had to go through and what they lost.
Americans gained political power in Hawaii by becoming to close to the king. The king believed the missionaries were great. The americans were well liked in Hawaii and eventually were appointed to the house. The missionaries opened a school in the island to royalty families and tought them english and how to act as an american. The king eventually signed the Bayonet Constitution which let U.S. naval ships dock in Hawaii.
I believe that listening it from the Queens perspective was interesting. This story showed how the Hawaiians felt and not how the americans tried to make it harsh for the Hawaiians. Telling the story this way this way tried to get people to sympathize fir the queen and her people. If the story would of been in the american point of view then people most likley would of said " The Hawaiians killed soliders we should take over the island. But in the Queens view people felt the American nation was wrong and should be punished.
Americans gained political power in Hawaii in many ways. One of the biggest ways to me was when the Americans sent missionaries to Hawaii to teach Hawaiians the American way. Then the missionaries eventually got cabinet positions and forced the king to sign the Bayonet Constitution. This deprived the Hawaiian people to vote and gave Pearl Harbor to the Americans. Missionaries banned many aspects of the Hawaiian culture and not only did they do this but they also sent diseases. It sounds nice that they were teaching them the American ways and culture but to ban someones beliefs in there own country doesn't seem fair. The Queen married an American which is also one of the reasons why America gained political power. Because Hawaii had an American ruling by it's side.
I personally like the way the movie was made through the queens perspective. I almost felt like i was feeling what the queen was going through and how hard it was for her. It made the documentary very interesting knowing that you have a lot of sympathy and respect for the Hawaiians. I also liked it because you get to hear both sides of the story and it made me think what i would do. I have a lot of respect for Hawaiians now that i know what they went through and fought for what they believed. It shows that everything doesn't always go as planned but in the end all that matters is the effort and devotion that you put into something that counts. The story wouldn't have been as interesting if the Hawaiians just completely let go and didn't say anything or doing anything to stand up for their country.
When America first started gaining power in Hawaii Queen Liliuokalani’s was king. The king allowed foreigners to have high power positions in the Hawaiian government. It wasn’t long before American missionaries were teaching in the Hawaiian schools. These American missionaries began telling the Hawaiian people that the Hawaiian cultures were wrong, and that they need to adapt American cultures. Eventually the American government forced Queen Liliuokalani’s brother, at gunpoint, to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which basically turned the king into a puppet of the U.S. Government. After the king died, Queen Liliuokalani took over as ruler of Hawaii. Queen Liliuokalani was very much westernized already because she had been taught at an American school and she spoke English along with Hawaiian. However she still had the interest of her people at heart and wasn’t about to give Hawaii to America. Eventually though she was removed from her throne and Hawaii got annexed to the U.S.
I think that it was a very effective way of telling the Hawaiian peoples point of view on the annexation of Hawaii. I believe that with its sympathetic approach on Queen Liliuokalani and her people it made others more likely to see that Hawaii wasn’t just handed over to America. I think that if they hadn’t used the sympathetic approach they much more people would be more liable to be stubborn and reject the Hawaiian peoples side of the story.
The American’s gained political and economical influence in Hawaii through the Christian missionaries. The Missionaries came to Hawaii while the country was still young and un industrialized. The Missionaries came in hope of spreading Christian morals and values. The Hawaiians were excepting of the Missionaries because they wanted to educate their children. And further their knowledge of the outside world. When the Hawaiian Royal family began to educate their children ,Liliuokalani and her brother, with the Americans they now trusted the Americans enough for them to be a helping part in writing the first Hawaiian constitution. This now gave Americans their own set of laws that they could tweak to get what they wanted later on that would become land and money. More importantly this constitution gave the Hawaiian Monarchy some feeling of articulation and civilization. Sanford Dole was one American to take advantage of the constitution. Dole being the owner of a raging pineapple company became a major influence on the island by buying cheap land and hiring many Hawaiians for little wages.
The movie was shot through the life of the Queen as she was growing up around the American missionaries. Liliuokalani was unknowing of the missionaries past in that they would often annex the area of which they landed and immerse the entire country under their culture. The Hawaii being a young country with no history of struggle had no knowledge of a foreign power attempting to take over the government with violence. So while the Americans said they would teach the royal family values and educate them they were secretly trying to control the entire country. Hawaii was unindustrialized before the Americans came and soon they would have the largest sugar cane producing plantations in the western hemisphere while this was happening the queen Liliuokalani remained powerless because her brother was still in power. She would come to the throne at the height of American influence. The American business man now having to put up with the sugar tariff couldn’t take Liliuokalani’s rejection of the Bayonet constitution so they plotted to over throw her. And succeeded. The story was meant to make you sympathize with the Hawaiians or else it wouldn’t have had the section on James Blount’s essay about how the US’ s annexation of Hawaii was illegal. The movie also showed the Americans plotting to over throw the Queen in very shady ways that would make you think it was illegal.
1. The americans gained political power in america by being chosen to be in the King's Cabinet. The First missionaries to Hawaii were selected by the king to help him run Hawaii. The Missionaries took down Hawaii from the inside, by building a school to teach the children of the 7 highest power families on Hawaii. Soon after that he was forced, at gunpoint, to sign the bayonete Constitution. After that the Americans practically had control of the Hawaiian government.
2. I think that the movie was a good way to tell the story of Hawaii's annexation. It used the Queen's diary in some parts of the movie, but she never said anything bad about the americans. If they used one of the american's diary's it would have been one sided for them. The program was not one sided for the americans. It had some people expressing their agreement for the annixation, as well as against it.
Americans gained political and economic power in Hawaii starting when the king, her brother was in power. First america sent missionaries over who set up schools for the Royal family where they were taught American ways. The missionaries also got involved with the cabinet and eventually got cabinet positions and forced the king to sign the Bayonet Constitution which took away most of the Hawaiian's rights.
I do believe hearing the excerpts from the queens diary persuaded viewers to sympathize with the Hawaiian queen and people because it made it feel real and it really made you really feal sorry for the people. ANd i think it was a really effective way to tell the story of the queen.
Americans gained political and economic power when the king let foreigners come over and take control. When the American missionaries came over they forced American culture and spread Christianity within the people. Also a main part missionaries did is they banned the Hula and created schools for rich families in Hawaii including the queen. The Bayonet Constitution signed by the king, caused the monarchy to replace their cabinet with businessmen. This was only a beginning of the down fall of Hawaii.
I think the story told threw the queens perspective was a great way to tell Hawaii’s history. I also believe it made it very persuasive. As the queen spoke about Hawaii and everything bad happening to it, showed her feelings and the Hawaiians how much they cared about there land. I think since the queen spoke made us feel bad because she was getting thrown out of her own land and there was nothing she could do to stop it.
The Americans started to come over to Hawaii, with what had seemed like a game plan. They started to slowly, but shortly take over the political and economic power in Hawaii. I would have to say for the most part, it all started with that fact that the Hawaii king; which if I am not mistaken was Queen Liliokalani's older brother, who started to build missionary schools. The schools helped those families who were rich enough to afford the education, in other words the royal families. It wasn't long until the Americans tried persuading the Hawaii's that their culture was wrong, and that the American culture was the right way of living. However, for the economic point of view, it started with the sugar plantations. What had stood out the most in the movie and to the Hawaiian people was the moment the King signed the Bayonet Constitution. The Constitution was effectively disenfranchised most native Hawaiian voters, because King Kalakau singed it under dues. He therefore, left his Hawaiian people in a deep situation that he could not take back, nor get out of.
2.I believe that Queen Lilokalani's plan for her people, was in the right state of mind. I believe this, because of the fact that when she was brought to the thrown, for the most part she was left to take all the responsibilty of her brother's wrong doings. When they told us what she was thinking from her diary, everything that she was saying was very reasonable. In a way, I felt bad, because of the simple fact that if her brother actually thought out his plans; she would have never been left to clean up his mess. Which, is why I think that the Americans seemed to be taking advantage of her, because she didn't reall have a choice to say no to things. I believe that the program didn't try to persuade the viewers. In my opinion, the movie, was if anything just trying to get the way she was thinking across to the viewers.
1 Americans gained political power in Hawaii when missionaries began to teach Hawaiian people how to be American. The hawaiian king had little control, so he turned to the missionaries. The missionaries also brought christianity into Hawaii. American also brought disease and alcoholism in to Hawaii.
2 I thought it was a very effective way to tell the story from the queens point of view. It mad me feel bad for the queen and Hawaiian people because the movie showed all the bad things that Americans did to the Hawaiians. The video mainly showed the Hawaiian point of view on the story which made it more interesting.
Americans gained great political and economical power over Hawaii in a short period of time. When the King was in power he let American missionaries become part of government and cabinet. Later, this had a negative impact on his people. The Americans forced him o sign a constitution that banned Hawaiians from voting and gave most power to Americans. Americans set up schools in Hawaii, only for the wealthy. When the queen was schooled as a child she was taught that the Hawaiian culture was inferior to American culture. There, she learned proper American traditions ans ways. The hula was also outlawed in Hawaii and native Hawaiians were beginning to die from the diseases Americans brought and due to the loss of the ill to live.
Telling the story through the perspective of the queen was an efficient way to tell the story. The queen was always making decisions based on the happiness of her people along with her own morals. The queen represented the Hawaiians. By quoting exerts from the queens diary, viewers got a sense of how the Hawaiians felt at the time. They were being stripped of their rights and being taken over in an uncivilized manner. Americans used violence and force to take over the people instead of understanding and agreement.
when watching the movie hawaiis last queen i almost cryed because of what happend the white men came and took over and forced the king and forces the queen and me being hawaiian i fell mad because of what the white men did no affence but yea im from hawaii and i feel like hawaii was just taken out of the hawaiian hands which was if i had a chance to rull the wrold i would change hawaii back to being left alone like not part of the us because today i look around after watching the movie hawaiis last queen i saw that there were no full hawaiian people part only my grandma was full hawaiian thats what i was told and i beleve well yea that was my comment
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