Was Hawaii a country in its own right before it joined the USA?

Question

I hope this isn't a dumb question. But I guess it could have been apart of another nation before. Like Alaska was part of Russia years and years ago.

Answer 1

First settled by Polynesians sailing from other Pacific islands between A.D. 300 and 600, Hawaii was visited in 1778 by British captain James Cook, who called the group the Sandwich Islands.

Hawaii was a native kingdom throughout most of the 19th century, when the expansion of the sugar industry (pineapple came after 1898) meant increasing U.S. business and political involvement.
In 1893, Queen Liliuokalani was deposed, and a year later the Republic of Hawaii was established with Sanford B. Dole as president. Following annexation (1898), Hawaii became a U.S. territory in 1900.
1959 Hawaii becomes the 50th state.

Answer 2

It was a monarchy until 1893. Then it was a republic from 1894 to 1898. Then it became the US's Territory of Hawaii in 1898. It became a state in 1959.

It is thought Captain James Cook and his crew were the first Europeans to have contact with the Hawaiians in 1778.

Answer 3

The Hawaiian monarchy was over thrown in a bloodless coup let by mercenaries employed by the Dole company, in the late nineteenth century. It was annexed as a U.S. territory shortly afterward.

When Captain Cook first arrived, Kamehameha had recently consolidated control over his home island of Hawaii. He would eventualy conquer the rest of the islands to create the Kingdom of Hawaii.

Answer 4

Yea it was it's own country until a coup which removed the queen. Later the US annexed the islands.

Answer 5

It was its own nation. They had Kings and queens that ruled the place

Answer 6

HI was a kingdom b4 the U.S. annexed it about an century ago.

Answer 7

Cook discovered it. It was it's own chain of islands.

Answer 8

yes, Hawaii was part of the British Empire once

Answer 9

Yes..

Answer 10

It was an island..