Hawaiian Missionaries - 1364 Words

The first missionaries arrived to the Hawaiian Islands in 1820 and made a lot of changes to Hawaii when they arrived, both good and bad. When the missionaries arrived to the islands they thought of the natives as savages. They all needed to become converts to followers of Christ, drop their own beliefs and pick up new ones. They also sought out to â€Å"civilize† the natives, by teaching them how to read and write, sing and Christianize them. Hiram Bingham and Asa Thurston were the first of many missionaries to arrive in Hawaii. The Queen at the time, Kaahumanu accepted the arrival of the missionaries from New England to teach their religion. Although there were many positive affects of missionary that came to the Hawaiian Islands, there†¦show more content†¦Asa Thurston stayed with Liholiho, and Bingham led the others to Honolulu and arrived there on April 14,1820. Bingham had a hard time setting up mission schools and drawing the islanders in for them to learn. A lot of the Hawaiians were interested in what was going on, but never really stayed around, they did not like the clothes and learning to read and they thought writing was just to hard, but they were still able to teach a good number of them. There were also many things the Hawaiians did that the missionaries thought were a disgraceful. They viewed hula as sinful and too provocative, and they were not overjoyed with polygamy and incest, marrying into their same bloodline happening everywhere. It was going to be a huge job for these missionaries to change this place around. They did what they could and it would make a huge impact on Hawaii eventually. The missionaries developed a successful alphabet for Hawaiian by 1826, taught Hawaiians to read and write the language, published various educational books in Hawaiian, and eventually finished translating the Bible. Soon after the first Protestant missionaries arrived in Hawaii in 1820, Kaahumanu embraced the missionaries teaching, and Christianity. Kaahumanu was born in 1768 she married Kamehameha. When he died he passed down the crown to his son Liholiho. But Kaahumanu and Liholiho ruled as equal because Kamahameha thought his son lacked leadership ability. SoShow MoreRelatedModernization Of The Hawaiian Islands1192 Words   |  5 PagesThe state of Hawaii, also known collectively as the Hawaiian Islands, has a long history regarding its development. From migration, to the development of producing goods as a way of bartering, to an eventual governed society, the modernization of Hawaii has an illustrious history. The people who impacted this and were part of creating a globalized look at Hawaii played a part into modernization the state. 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