Rise of the Kingdom Of Hawaii

The Unification of Hawaii had been going on. The movement was to consolidate power and create a kingdom that would be better able to deal with the emergence of the European Powers colonial drive in the Pacific. It was seen that for Hawaii to survive it would need to not only create a military that was better armed and trained. It would also need to create an educated populace and improve the healthcare of the islands so that European diseases would not lay havoc to the Polynesian
population.

Hawaii was attempting to improve its situation in a world that was all too soon changing. Hawaii's ruler had learned about the Global conflict between France and England. The Hawaiian Monarchy decided that it would need a protector and it turned to the British. Britain had little interest in the islands but it did agree to help. Missionaries started to arrive to bring Christianity to the native population. Some medical personnel were recruited and they helped to train a small number of people that might help control the effects of contact with Europeans.

The eruption of another conflict in North America would eventually bring
about morre chances for both gain and devastation. The American Revolution resulted in another nation in North America
The ending of the 18th Century brought about more contact with Europeans and the new American state. Whalers went into the Pacific and stopped there. The Hawaiian Monarch was desperately attempting to better prepare his people.

Any dates and names? ATM, it's hard to know what's going on in relation to OTL, since the only specific that's been given is Hawai'i.

Yet it wasn't until the reign of Kamehameha I that Hawaii began its path to becoming an organized state. The King desired that Hawaii not be treated as a state that could be run at any whim of the Europeans or even the new American Republic. In the 24 years that he ruled the kingdom established its first hospital and several "clinics".
He was succeeded by his son Kamehameha II who tried to emulate the British. He and his sister traveled to Great Britain Where on July 14,1824 the 27 year old Monarch died of an illness he contracted in Britain.

His younger brother took the throne in Late 1824 and he was coordinated in June of 1825. For the next 29 years he ruled Hawaii pushing the country to Modernize and preventing the foreigners from dominating the country. He moved to improve the healthcare standards of his country. He established a University and a medical school. He also reformed the Hawaiian military turning it from a poorly armed and trained military to one quite capable of defending the islands. Still an illness weaken the young Monarch and his son became the acting King as Kamehameha IV in January 1855. His son continued the reforms and granted a constitution

The expenditure of time and money did help prevent the spread of illness that would have decimate the Polynesian population
Meanwhile on the North American Mainland events had taken place that saw the expansion of the United States. American annex considerable territory from Mexico and the US took control of territory in the Pacific..

The Kingdom of Hawaii had allowed foreigners to move to Hawaii and become part of the land.

Okay let me make some explanations concerning this threat. It is set in the same time line as America Emerges as a Great Power and Europe and the Great Game MK II. The Kamehameha line of Monarchs make a great effort at preventing the wide spread decline of the Polynesian people of the Hawaiian islands due to illnesses brought in by foreigners. This will have an impact upon the direction things will take.
Another point the Monarchy will move to reign in foreign influence both of people and of corporations. Hopefully this will move things so the coup of 1893 never takes place.

I do admire your knowledge of Hawaiian history, but you don't provide a credible POD. What you would definitely want to do is prevent the decimation of the Hawaiian warrior class which occurred during the Wars of Unification, tho predominately thru disease.

Also, while it may take a little more thought, there are many that suggest that the Great Mahele of 1848 was a mistake. You may want to consider that foreign ownership of land doesn't occur at all until much later.

Leave most of the governmental and societal advances, such as the clinics, to the reign of Kamehameha III. It is unlikely that there would be any 'university' opened so early in Hawaii. While being a society with 100% literacy it is more likely that promising pupils will be sent abroad for university studies. A Royal College would probably be opened by the 1860s or 1870s. That would fit in with the earlier establishment of the Queen's Hospital 1859 in the hopes of locally educated doctors.

King Kamehameha III was convinced by his advisers that his proposal for land reform needed to be rethought. Instead of improving the life of his people it would encourage foreigners to take the land> The result was a much more modest attempt one in which the land could not be sold to anyone without the monarch's permission.
The King was a proponent of increasing the literacy of his people. He donated land for the establishment of a Royal College.

King Kamehameha I had in the war of Unification been able to use both his superior battlefield ability and diplomacy to lower the loses suffered by the warrior class. The first man to truly be King of the islands observed that the European weapons could inflict hideous loses upon the people. His attempt was to impress his opponents that unless they joined him they would face the real possibility that the Europeans would do to the islanders whatever they wanted to.

Why are you making such tiny posts?

Wait; in the course of two posts we've gone from Kamehameha III back to Kamehameha I? I'm a bit lost here.

Revision:
The Future King Kamehameha I became well aware of the deadly effect of European weapons. He was determined to win the war of unification as quick as he could with the least possible loses to both sides. He had a stroke of luck on one of the last battles for control of the big island his forces were able to capture the leader of the opposing forces. This brought an end to the struggle sooner than was the case in our time line. Thus he became King and consolidated power. He also began a process that would continue and his successors.
It was an all out effort to make the Kingdom capable of surviving contact with the Great Powers.
The King had sought European and American doctors to come to the island.
In late 1819 his son took power as Kamehameha II. This young King was much impressed with the English and hoped to pattern his rule after the British Monarchy. He and his traveled to Great Britain, where he contracted an illness that weaken and killed him.
It was in the summer of 1825 that his younger Brother at the age of 12 became the third king to be named Kamehameha.
The new King was much impressed by the British. He was determined to carry out the wishes of his father.
He was determined as he reached his age of majority to carry out land reform. However, his advisers were able to convince the King that unless more care and restrictions were made the land might well end up in the hand of foreigners.As a result the shifting of land for Hawaiians to foreign control was avoid for the most part.
The King was considered a great reformer and he moved the country toward a government in which the people would have some say.
Schools were established and the King wanted to move the country from one that was dominated by missionaries to one that was supported by the crown. The King was well aware that he had been unready to accept the responsibilities to rule and was thus training his son to the ruling of the nation.
Trade resulted in much growth but the Hawaiian islands was a land that lacked the mineral resources needed to develop industries. Hawaii had to import finished goods. The Royal Hawaiian Army went from a poorly equipped force to slowly a much more effective military.

In 1856 Kamehameha IV succeeded his father to the throne. One of the things that he was determined to accomplish was to continue the improvements in the Education and healthcare of his people> Thus in 1860 he granted land and a charter for the establishment of the Royal College of Hawaii. , It was followed by the establishment of a Medical school in 1862. Some would say that it was fortunate that he had aggressively moved to continue to bring a better trained medical trained personnel because as a result in 1863 they were able to save the life of the young King. The King survived and was able to push forward more reforms and improvements.
Hawaii was developing a legislature as a result of the King's actions and to more emulate the United States and Great Britain.

The improvements in healthcare in the Kingdom of Hawaii was beginning to have some impact King Kamehameha II had managed to live longer than in OTL and his son was in better health. While land reform had taken place the transferring of it to foreigners had been prohibited. This had prevented one of the major problems that would have had a bad impact on the islands and upon the Monarchy.
King Kamehameha IV had mad sure that the development of Honolulu went about with the proper improvements needed. Thus sewers, water lines , lighting etc were making it a modern city.
The King was influenced both by the Americans and the British as he moved to make the government more responsible to the People.. In 1862 he granted a charter for a new Royal School of Medicine and a school of law.. In 1863 he began to consider a new Constitution.

chris N said:

King Kamehameha IV had mad sure that the development of Honolulu went about with the proper improvements needed. Thus sewers, water lines , lighting etc were making it a modern city.

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Wait a minute. Exactly where is the money coming from? I think it is likely that the sandalwood trade would exist.

One thing I remembered last night was that Kamehameha II had purchased the yacht Cleopatra's Barge in 1820. It was rebuilt in 1822-1823 and renamed Ha'aheo o Hawai'i. Rather than it being lost in 1824 it could form the nascent Royal Navy.

Hawaii needs a major revenue provider and you may wish to look at the last voyage of High Chief Boki and a means to not only locate goods to trade but also establish links to other Polynesian groups before any major Western interest develops in the Pacific.

Hawaii was seeing a growth in trade but the lack of foreign ownership of the lands was slowing the growth. The crown was attempting to form support for industry that would be owned by Hawaiians.
It must be noted that King Kamehameha II might be considered the Father of the Hawaiian Navy. The Yacht that he had purchased was also used to help train the Royal Hawaiian Navy.

Hawaii also attempted to make contact with other Polynesian peoples.
The desire was to connect with them and thus prevent their colonization by the European powers.

David, Thanks for the suggestion regarding High Chief Boki.

The Governor of Oahu High Chief Boki was of great help to the period od Both King Kamehameha II annd III. The High Chief was able to bring the ailing King home from his visit to Great Britian. The British Warship that brought him home stopped in Brazil. It was during his visit to Latin America that the Chief saw a chance to diversifing the Hawaiian economy . He imported Brazilian coffee trees and the wild turkey from Latin America.
He was also one to clearly see an chance to gain trade with other Polynesian peoples. In fact he became King Kamehameha III's right hand man. He was someone that would get things done.
He traveled to Samoa and was thought lost until nearly a year latter he finally was able to return to Hawaii with a trade agreement.

Why not have Boki, and IOTL there were many that followed him, or one of his followers eventually sail southward and hit upon Nauru and later the Maori? It would be interesting if the Treaty of Waitangi had been between the Maoris and another Polynesian group.

Also, you may want to have Kamehameha II meet with George IV and then die of measles. It would only be a few days difference, but it may establish some closer ties between the nations.

I think a crucial bit of history you are breezing by is the importance of the Kuhina Nui, which was virtually the 'Prime Minister', and that the position was filled, more often than not, by a woman.

The survival of the warrior and chiefly castes would be important in the eventual establishment of a war council and a House of Nobles.

The eventual arrival of the bark Thaddeus should also be addressed, the missionaries did some good, especially in helping in the spread of literacy and did aid in the Hawaiian society to adopt and adapt to Western culture.

Interesting possibility. I think that the idea of Him meeting George IV
is a very good one and it could very well result in Hawaii and Great Britain having stronger relations. I was going to have Kamehameha II die upon his return to Hawaii. I will have his bother live longe as well as the IV man to have the title.
Okay lets try this:
The young Hawaiian king had been very impressed with the visit to Great Britain . The trains and the vast city of London was bigger than anything he had ever seen, He had told his aide that he was not feeling well but he rallied enough to attend a private audience with King George IV. The visit went quite well but the British Monarch expressed concern for the health of his Hawaiian visitor and had a court physician attend the young king. It soon became clear that the young Hawaiian was seriously ill and needed to return home. High Chief Boki had helped to make arrangements for his return aboard a British Warship as it would be faster.
The high Chief , who in addition to being the governor of Oahu was a key adviser to the crown.

King Kamehameha III welcomed the arrival of both protestant and Catholic missionaries to his country . It was his feeling that they would help to improve the literacy level of the nation. The desire upon his advisers was to move Hawaii forward without the lost of control to outside influence. High Chief Boki had paved the way for expanded trade with other Polynesian countries. This would help both people and would provide Hawaii with something that it really needed a source of income.
Below High Chief Boki and his wife.