Talk:Legal status of Hawaii/compromise

Introduction
What determines legal status?
 * ability to apply power/control government services, etc. (de facto control)
 * U.S. law
 * pro-akaka bill
 * anti-akaka bill
 * claims are invalid
 * legitimate claims are being suppressed
 * U.N. treaties
 * Court cases
 * international recognition

Pre-contact

 * pre-1778

Kamehameha dynasty

 * 1810 unification
 * 1840 first constitution
 * 1843 Paulet affair
 * 1852 constitution
 * 1864 constitution

Kalakaua dynasty

 * 1887 constitution
 * 1889 wilcox rebellion
 * 1893 overthrow/revolution/proposed constitution (Provisional Government Era)
 * The Blount Report & Cleveland's actions
 * The Morgan Report
 * Turpie Resolution

Republic

 * 1894 republic
 * 1895 rebellion

Territory

 * 1898 newlands resolution (spanish american war)
 * 1900 organic act (Territorial Period)
 * 1941 WWII/martial law
 * ceded lands issues - laualoha to elaborate

Statehood

 * 1959 statehood
 * modern sovereignty movements
 * 1970 ALOHA
 * 1983 Native Hawaiians Study Commission Report
 * 1993 Apology Resolution
 * 1997-2007 Akaka Bill
 * 2000 Larsen v. Sai

Laualoha's stuff
OK, so that we have more to choose from, here are the items I proposed on the talk page: • the formation and structure of the Kingdom government

• Diplomatic History: Treaties, Membership in Family of Nations, etc.

• the Bayonet Constitution

• Lili'uokalani's Ascendancy and the 1893 Constitution

• The Overthrow

• The PG

• The Blount Report & Cleveland's actions

• The Morgan Report

• The Wilcox Rebellions & the Queen's imprisonment

• The Turpie Resolution & Cleveland's cessation of support

• The Republic

• Annexation & the Spanish-American War

• The Territorial Period & Government

• WWII

• Statehood

• Formation of the modern sovereignty movement & actions

• The Apology Law

• International legal actions —Preceding unsigned comment added by Laualoha (talk • contribs) 20:53, 7 October 2007 (UTC)