'Iolani Palace [caption id="attachment_32000" align="alignright" width="425"] 'Iolani Palace Pixabay Public Domain[/caption] Before the United States acquired the Hawaiian Islands, the archipelago operated under its own monarchical rule from 1795 until 1893. Following a brutal series of chiefdom battles spanning 15 years, Kamehameha the Great gained power and fashioned himself the king of Hawaii. Effectively unifying…
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