Organized incorporated territory of the United States, 1900–1959
Territory of Hawaii
Panalāʻau o Hawaiʻi(Hawaiian)
Organized incorporated territory of the United States
1900–1959
Flag
Seal
Main islands of the Territory of Hawaii
Anthem
"Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī"
Capital
Honolulu
Government
• Type
Organized incorporated territory
Governor
• 1900–1903 (first)
Sanford B. Dole
• 1957–1959 (last)
William F. Quinn
Military Governor
• 1941
LTG Walter Short
• 1941–1943
LTG Delos Emmons
• 1943–1944
LTG Robert C. Richardson Jr.
History
• Annexation of Hawaii
August 12, 1898
• Hawaiian Organic Act
April 30, 1900
• Attack on Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941
• Martial law
1941–1944
• Revolution of 1954
1946–1958
• Hawaii Admission Act
August 21, 1959
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Republic of Hawaii
Hawaii
Palmyra Atoll
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History of Hawaii
Early history (pre–1795)
Discovery and settlement
c. 1219–1266
Battle of Kealakekua Bay
1779
Hawaiian Kingdom (1795–1893)
Kamehameha dynasty
1795–1874
Unification of Hawaii
1810
Laplace affair
1839
Paulet affair
1943
French invasion of Honolulu
1849
American Civil War
1861–1865
Kalākaua dynasty
1874–1893
Reciprocity Treaty
1875
Bayonet Constitution
1887
Rebellions and revolutions
1887–1895
Overthrow
1893
Provisional (1893–1894)
Leper War on Kauaʻi
1893
Black Week
1893–1894
Republic of Hawaii (1894–1898)
Counter-Revolution
1895
Annexation
1898
Territory of Hawaii (1898–1959)
Hawaiian Organic Act
1900
Oahu sugar strike
1920
Hanapēpē Massacre
1924
Massie Trial
1932
World War II
1939–1945
Attack on Pearl Harbor
1941
Niihau incident
1941
Honouliuli Internment Camp
1943–1946
Democratic Revolution
1954
State of Hawaii (1959–present)
Hawaii Admission Act
1959
Kalama Valley protests
1971
State Constitutional Convention
1978
Xerox murders
1999
Occupation of Iolani Palace
2008
Honolulu molasses spill
2013
TMT protests
2014–now
False missile alert
2018
Hurricane Lane
2018
COVID-19 pandemic
2020–now
George Floyd protests
2020
Red Hill water crisis
2021–now
Hawaii wildfires
2023
Topics
Big Five
Legal status
NRHP listings
Sovereignty movement
Sugar plantations
Timeline of Honolulu
Portal
Commons
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The Territory of Hawaii or Hawaii Territory[1][2][3] (Hawaiian: Panalāʻau o Hawaiʻi) was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from April 30, 1900,[4] until August 21, 1959, when most of its territory, excluding Palmyra Island, was admitted to the United States as the 50th U.S. state, the State of Hawaii. The Hawaii Admission Act specified that the State of Hawaii would not include Palmyra Island, the Midway Islands, Kingman Reef, and Johnston Atoll, which includes Johnston (or Kalama) Island and Sand Island.[5]
On July 4, 1898, the United States Congress passed the Newlands Resolution authorizing the U.S. annexation of the Republic of Hawaii, and five weeks later, on August 12, Hawaii became a U.S. territory. In April 1900 Congress approved the Hawaiian Organic Act which organized the territory. United States Public Law 103-150 adopted in 1993, (informally known as the Apology Resolution), acknowledged that "the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii occurred with the active participation of agents and citizens of the United States" and also "that the Native Hawaiian people never directly relinquished to the United States their claims to their inherent sovereignty as a people over their national lands, either through the Kingdom of Hawaii or through a plebiscite or referendum".[6]
Hawaii's territorial history includes a period from 1941 to 1944, during World War II, when the islands were placed under martial law. Civilian government was dissolved and a military governor was appointed.
^"Department of Commerce and Labor, Coast and Geodetic Survey, Terrestrial magnetism results of magnetic observations made by the coast and geodetic survey between July 1, 1905, and June 30, 1906" (PDF). ftp.ngdc.noaa.gov. p. 119.
^"Department of Commerce, Statistical Abstract of the United States, page 1" (PDF). Retrieved February 1, 2013.
^https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-13.pdf (U.S. Census Bureau, 2003, page III-1)
^31 Stat. 141
^"An Act to Provide for the Admission of the State of Hawaii into the Union". Hawaii State Legislature. March 18, 1959.
^"Public Law 103-150 – Wikisource, the free online library".
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