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What replaced whaling as the main industry in Hawai‘i?
Sugar Industry
Sugar cane was brought to the Hawaiian Islands by who?
The Polynesians
Where did the people who founded the first successful sugar mill come from?
New England
What are three big sugar companies?
C. Brewer & Company
American Factors (AMFAC)
Alexander & Baldwin
Castle & Cooke
Theo H. Davies & Company
What is the definition of “Plantation”
A large farm where crops are grown often to be sold to places far away.
The first Hawaiian sugar plantation was started when and where?
1835 in Kōloa, Kaua`i
Hawaiians worked as what?
Field Laborers
Soon after the Kōloa Plantation started, sugar mills appeared where?
Maui, Big Island, and O’ahu.
What created a boom in Hawaiian sugar?
The gold rush and Civil War
California would rather trade with _____ than _____
Hawaii than Mexico
North stopped buying sugar from where?
South
Plantation owners joined with what to buy the stuff they would need to run their plantations?
factors
What are factors?
Businesses that are paid to perform services for other businesses.
By 1840, about how many foreigners lived in Honolulu?
600
what does “Labor Union” mean?
Association of workers to protect their rights.
What does “Strike” mean?
A work stoppage caused by the employees
Where did the people who founded the first successful sugar mill come from?
New England
Which country did most of the labor workers come from? |
China
What was the name of the land that the king kept for himself?
Crown lands
Who controlled the land in traditional Hawaiian culture?
King and high chiefs
Who managed the land in traditional Hawaiian culture? -
Konohiki
In the traditional Hawaiian culture who did the land belong to?
Gods and the chiefs
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