| | Babalua.com - Hawaii State - Photos; Maps; Capital; Symbols; Flags; Constitution; Songs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | First settled by Polynesians sailing from other Pacific islands between A.D. 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. |
| | Governor: James “Duke” Aiona, R (to Dec. 2006) |
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