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America Becomes an Imperial Power
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Half of the Hawaiian population is wiped out by the Black Plague or Cholera.
1804
Japan refuses trade with Russian ships.
1804
First cargo of Russian furs from Russian America is delivered to China
1805
American Protestant missionaries arrive in Hawaii.
1820
Russian Trading Charter is renewed, extending Russian jurisdiction.
1821
First printed pages in the Hawaiian language.
1822
Russia and USA sign a treaty to determine the southern boundary of Alaska.
1824
Japanese Shogunate bars foreign ships.
1825
U.S. and Hawaii entered into treaty of friendship, commerce and navigation.
1826
The American whaling ship "Wellington" introduces mosquitoes to Hawaii.
1827
First Mission School for Eskimos opens.
1834
American merchant ships fired upon.
1837
Shogunate cracks down on Western scholarship.
1839
The first approved constitution is put into motion in Hawaii.
1840
Flu, Measles, Diarrhea, and Whooping Cough come to Hawaii for the first time.
1848
Smallpox hits Hawaii for the first time.
1852
Commodore Perry demands Japan open to trade.
1853
The USA forces Japan to sign a trade agreement ("treaty of Kanagawa").
1854
Coal mining begins at Coal Harbor on Kenai Peninsula, Alaska to supply steamers.
1857
The Queens Hospital in Honolulu is opened.
1860
Gold is discovered at Telegraph Creek at the Stikine River in Alaska.
1861
British, French, Dutch and American warships bomb Choshu, a Japanese port
1864
Sugar had replaced whaling as Hawaii's chief source of revenue.
1865
The first shipload of Lepers is sent to Kaluapapa on Molokai.
1866
Treaty signed for Alaska’s purchase.
1867
Alaska formally becomes part of the U.S.
1868
The Confucian school of Edo becomes a Western-style university.
1869
Western dress is prescribed for official ceremonies
1872
The US use of Pearl Harbor is openly considered in exchange for duty free sugar.
1873
U.S. troops withdraw from Alaska.
1877
The United States constitutes a civil government in Alaska
1884
The Hawaiian government is 2 million dollars in debt.
1886
Congress creates the Indian Reservation of Metlakatla on Annette Island
1887
American troops land to restore order.
1893
America troops move into the palace and take over.
1893
Queen Lili'uokulani political decision causes a huge uproar.
1893
The republic of Hawaii is formed, led by President Dole.
1894
The last attempt to restore the Hawaiian monarchy fails.
1895
Major gold deposit discovered in Yukon, Alaska.
1896
The European powers force Japan to surrender the Liaotung peninsula of China.
1896
Hawaii is annexed as U.S. territory.
1898
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