Protestant Influence in Hawaii 1820 1840 Missionaries Noble

Protestant Influence in Hawaii (1820 -1840) Missionaries & Noble Women

ORGANIZATION • Thesis • Background Info • Thesis points • Final thoughts

THESIS: Both missionaries & noble women had major impact on reforms. (Christianity, literacy & modern laws)

BACKGROUND OF PROTESTANT MISSION • 1778: First Western contact • Late 1700 s: Commercial interests; Evangelical revival • 1815: First Hawaiian convert: Opukuhaia • Kameha I (r. 1786 -1819) dies • 1820 first mission established

DEATH OF KAPU (1819) • Taboo system • Violation: execution • Chiefs/commoners • Men/women A kapu victim

KA’AHUMANU & KEOPUOLANI Ka’ahumanu (1768 -1832) Keopuolani (1778 -

ARRIVAL OF MISSIONARI ES (1820) This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

INTRODUCTION OF LITERACY (1822) Hiram Bingham (1789 -1869) The Hawaiian alphabet

FIRST NOBLE CONVERT: KEOPUOLANI (1823) FUNERAL OF KEOPUOLANI

FIRST LAWS (1823 -1829) • Ka’ahumanu • Ten Commandments • Church/school • Ban on vices • Ban on hula/songs

KA’PIOLANI DEFIES KAHUNAS (1824)

EXPANSION OF LITERACY (1824 -1840) • Primers, hymns • Books of Bible • Gov/business docs • 2 nd Press (Maui) • Textbooks • Newspapers/journal s • Mo’olelos • Complete Bible • 100, 000 pages (1822 -1840)

NEW LAWS (1835 -1840) • Kameha III (r. 1832 -1854) • Ka’ahumanu II (r. 1832 -1839) • New code (1835) • Ka’ahumanu III • (r. 1839 -1845) • Declaration of rights (1839) • First constitution (1840) Ka’ahumanu III William Richards (1793 -1847)

FINAL THOUGHTS