Facts about Hawaii
The Island of Hawaii is notable as having the world's fifth highest elevation among islands.
The state constitution requires the use of Hawaiian in official state business.
All of the Hawaiian Islands were formed by volcanoes arising from the sea floor through a vent described as a hotspot.
The judicial branch is led by the highest state court, the Hawaii State Supreme Court.
Ethnically, Hawaii is the only U.S. state that has a majority group that is non-white.
The islands became Hawaii Territory, a United States territory, on February 22, 1900.
Notable films produced in or inspired by Hawaii include Blue Hawaii, the musical South Pacific, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, Waterworld, George of the Jungle, and Pearl Harbor, among others.
On March 18, 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a bill granting Hawaii statehood.
The second Buddhist high school in the United States, and first Buddhist high school in Hawaii, Pacific Buddhist Academy, was founded in 2003.
Hawaii is the 50th state of the United States, achieving statehood in 1959.
The state government of Hawaii is modeled after the U.S. federal government with adaptations originating from the kingdom era of Hawaiian history.
Most Hawaiian citizens speak pidgin, known by linguists as Hawaiian Creole English.
Public schools in Hawaii have to deal with large populations of children of non-native English speaking immigrants and a culture that is different from mainland U.S.
The history of Hawaii can be traced through a succession of dominating industries: sandalwood, whaling, sugarcane, pineapple, the military, tourism, and education.
The Republic of Hawaii was established July 4, 1894, under the presidency of Sanford Dole.
The lieutenant governor is concurrently the Secretary of State of Hawaii.
Hawaii formally became the 50th state of the Union on August 21, 1959.
President Theodore Roosevelt, who championed the Court and won the Nobel Prize for using the Court to settle another dispute, refused to have the Hawaii complaint arbitrated.
Hawaiian is a member of the Polynesian language branch of the Austronesian family.
Only well-to-do Europeans, Americans, and Hawaiians were given full voting rights.
Hawaii is known for its relatively high per capita state tax burden.
Most choose to attend one of many institutions of higher learning in Hawaii.
The 1876 Reciprocity Treaty between the Kingdom of Hawaii and the United States allowed for duty-free importation of Hawaiian-grown sugar into the United States.
Graduates of secondary schools in Hawaii often either enter directly into the work force or attend colleges and universities.
Hawaii, Alaska, and South Dakota are the three U.S. states that do not recognize Columbus Day at all, though Hawaii and South Dakota mark the day with an alternative holiday or observance.
Thomas repudiated Paulet's actions, and on July 31, 1843, restored the Hawaiian government.
Paulet demanded that King Kamehameha III abdicate and cede the Hawaiian Islands to Britain.
The archipelago takes its name from the largest island in the group and extends some 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometers) from the island of Hawaii in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll.
President William McKinley authorized the official annexation of Hawaii on July 7, 1898.
All of the Hawaiian Islands were formed by volcanoes arising from the sea floor through a vent described as a hotspot.
The newest volcano is L?ihi, deep below the waters off the southern coast of the Island of Hawaii.
The University of Hawaii System, which runs several state university campuses, developed the only Hawaiian language graduate studies program in the world.
Several television shows, movies, and various other media projects were produced in the Hawaiian Islands.
Hawaiian is legally acceptable in all legal documents, from depositions to legislative bills.
Minister Stevens was recalled, and the military commander of forces in Hawaii was forced to resign.
The public elementary, middle, and high school standardized test scores in Hawaii tend to be below the national average.
Municipal codes were altered to favor Hawaiian place and street names for new civic developments.
Hawaii also has the distinction of educating more students in independent institutions of secondary education than any other state.
Hawaii represents the northernmost extension of the vast Polynesian triangle of the south and central Pacific Ocean.
The first written form was developed by American Protestant missionaries in the early nineteenth century, who assigned letters from the English alphabet that roughly corresponded to the Hawaiian sounds.
The executive branch is led by the Governor of Hawaii and assisted by the lieutenant governor, both elected on the same ticket.
By virtue of its multi-ethnic population, Hawaii contains a preponderance of Asian and Polynesian cultural influence, which facilitates interactions between Asian nations and the U.S., enhanced by today's availability of rapid transportation and instant communications.
Before the arrival of Captain Cook, the Hawaiian language was purely a spoken language.
Standard Hawaiian English, a subset of American English, is also commonly used for other formal business.
Cleveland resumed normal diplomatic relations with the Hawaiian provisional government.
Many Hawaiians of Asian ancestry are descendants of the early immigrants who came in the 1850s to work on the sugar plantations.
The last volcanic eruption outside the Island of Hawaii happened at Haleakal? on Maui in the late eighteenth century.
The islands became Hawaii Territory, a United States territory, on February 22, 1900.
Specially designated Hawaiian language immersion schools were established.
On March 18, 1874, Hawaii signed a treaty granting Americans exclusive trading rights.
Up to the 1890s, the Kingdom of Hawaii was independent and had been recognized by the United States, Great Britain, France, and Germany.
Taking off from Wheeler Field, on Oahu, Hawaii, on January 11, 1935, and reaching Oakland, California, the next day, Amelia Earhart achieved a milestone. She was the first person to fly solo between Hawaii and the continental United States.Jan 11, 2012