Hawaii Warfare

  • 1000

    Polynesians settle in hawaii, small tribal wars start to break out

  • Period: 1000 to

    Hawaiian Warfare

  • 1400

    A rise of chiefdoms which then lead to wars about the land and temples

  • cheifs were fighting each other for the control or the power over the islands

  • Captian cook arrives and introduces them to new wepons such as guns as well as cannons

  • Kamehameha unifies all the islands

  • the kapu system is destroyed and the tradition warfare ends

  • The overthrow of Queen Liliʻuokalani.

  • The US takes control of Hawaii

  • The attack on pearl harbour. Hawaii becomes the WWII hub

  • Hawaii remains an US military center