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Territory of Hawaii

Organized incorporated territory of the United States, 1900–1959 Territory of HawaiiPanalāʻau o Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian)Organized incorporated territory of the United States1900–1959 Flag Seal Main islands of the Territory of HawaiiAnthem"Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī"CapitalHonoluluGovernment • TypeOrganized incorporated territory • MottoUa Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono"The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness"Governor • 1900–1903 (first) Sanford B. Dole• 1957–1959 (last) William F. Quinn Military Governor • 1941 LTG Walter Short• 1941–1943 LTG Delos Emmons• 1943–1944 LTG Robert C. Richardson Jr. History • Annexation of Hawaii August 12, 1898• Hawaiian Organic Act 30 April 1900• Attack on Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941• Martial law 1941–1944• Revolution of 1954 1946–1958• Hawaii Admission Act 21 August 1959 Preceded by Succeeded by Republic of Hawaii Hawaii Palmyra Atoll Part of a series on theHistory of Hawaii Early history (pre-1795) Discovery and settlement c. 1219–1266 Battle of Kealakekua Bay 1779 Hawaiian Kingdom (1795–1893) Kamehameha dynasty 1795–1874 Unification of Hawaii 1810 Laplace affair 1839 Paulet affair 1843 Great Māhele 1848 French invasion of Honolulu 1849 American Civil War 1861–1865 Kalākaua dynasty 1874–1893 Honolulu Courthouse riot 1874 Reciprocity Treaty 1875 Bayonet Constitution 1887 Hawaiian rebellions (1887–1895) 1887–1895 Overthrow 1893 Provisional (1893–1894) Leper War on Kauaʻi 1893 Black Week 1893–1894 Republic of Hawaii (1894–1898) Counter-Revolution1895 Annexation 1898 Territory of Hawaii (1898–1959) Hawaiian Organic Act 1900 Oahu sugar strike 1920 Hanapēpē Massacre 1924 Massie Trial 1932 World War II 1939–1945 Attack on Pearl Harbor 1941 Niʻihau incident 1941 Martial law 1941-1944 Honouliuli Internment Camp 1943–1946 Democratic Revolution 1954 State of Hawaii (1959–present) Hawaii Admission Act 1959 Kalama Valley protests 1971 State Constitutional Convention 1978 Xerox murders 1999 Occupation of Iolani Palace 2008 Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs 2009 Honolulu molasses spill 2013 TMT protests 2014–now False missile alert 2018 Hurricane Lane 2018 COVID-19 pandemic 2020–present George Floyd protests 2020 Red Hill water crisis 2021–now Hawaii wildfires 2023 Topics Big Five Legal status Demographic history LGBT history NRHP listings Sovereignty movement Sugar plantations Timeline of Honolulu Hawaiian Renaissance Portal Commons vte The Territory of Hawaii or Hawaii Territory (Hawaiian: Panalāʻau o Hawaiʻi) was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from April 30, 1900, until August 21, 1959, when most of its territory was admitted to the United States as the 50th US state, the State of Hawaii.

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