What Is The Great Mahele Unjustified?

The Great Mahele was an act proposed in 1848 allowing Hawaiian land to be privately owned, and the rest redistributed. The occurrence of this event not only affected Hawaiians back then, but still to this day impacts them. The King continued to divide land for the government and maka’ainana could get land for active labor. The king also shared his land between himself and 245 more ali’i; his land- “Crown Lands” and ali’i- “Konohiki Lands” (Mahele Notes). The Mahele of 1848 was a land division separated into 4 different categories: land belonged to the king, land belonged to the ali’i or chiefs, land that could be purchased by the foreigners who lived in Hawaii, and land worked by the commoners or maka’ainana. The Mahele was unjustified because

King Kamehameha the III I in january 27, 1848 enacted land distribution acts in 1848. was the leader of the Proposition of the Great Mahele. The proposition was to allow private ownership to land for the first time ever for Hawaii to foreigners. These foreigners were thought to be missionaries or American businessmen, which could make a huge positive impact to the King and his people. Thanks to this ordinance Hawaii was able to assimilate to the Americas in a very profitable way. The land commission The land should be divided into equal thirds. 1/3 for King, ali`i, 1/3 government and 1/3 for the people. The opposing side would argue that the Great Mahele caused Hawaiians to be stripped of land and it may have been correct in certain aspects,

The Great Mahele was a land redistribution by Kamehameha III because when the foreigners that came, they wanted the land, but Kamehameha III also wanted to give his people land into three even thirds (Cachola). The Great Mahele was unjustified because three main reasons like Hawaiians not getting the land, Hawaiians not understanding the system, and people started to only care for their own.

According to the “Letters of Distress” in passage three its states, “We offered $1, $2.00 and up to $3.00, the foreigner offered $3.00, and the foreigner got it, it was only $1.50… it was a swindle and a lie.” That foreigner made the highest bid, but the land was only worth $1.50. Hawaiians aren’t able to keep up with the high prices for land which makes it difficult to obtain the land. The auction wants the most amount of money to buy the land, so they ignored the Hawaiians. It will now be difficult for the Hawaiians to have land and start a farm or business because land is needed for that.

The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom was on January 17, 1893 when the government's power fell in the foreigners hands who supported annexation. The Annexation Club focused on overthrowing the Queen and seeking annexation to the United States. This was caused by the McKinley Tariff Act by the United States which the Reciprocity Treaty on tariff that helped protect both United States and Hawaii sugar growers was now removed and the Hawaiians had a huge disadvantage because of the tariffs the Hawaiians need to pay. This was horrible for the foreigners because now that there was no more reciprocity treaty, the Hawaiians had to pay for the tariffs once again. The overthrow was unjustified for the Hawaiians because of John Stevens actions and the Hawaiian League.

The Great Māhele was a land division put in place that happened during the reign of Kamehameha III. Māhele translates to “portion or divide. The intent was to secure land for Hawaiians by establishing a free enterprise system, but landowners had to claim their land. Hawaiians were not accustomed to the concept of owning land, so very few claimed their own land. This resulted in the Hawaiian population eventually losing most of their land to foreigners.

This had a big impact on the Hawaiians because this allowed the foreigners to buy land. Even though the Mahele was to be split a fair amount among all the people living on the islands, that did not work out for the foreigners. The Mahele allowed the foreigners to come to Hawai’i and claim Hawaiians lands, but instead the foreigners decided to buy almost completely all the lands due to the new idea of King Kamehameha III’s royal advisors idea of land ownership. When the foreigners claimed and bought the land, it messed everything up for the Hawaiians such as available

In 1848, a great land revolution called the Great Mahele came to Hawaii. Foreigners thought that if commoners owned their own land that the commoners would give up their lazy ways. Foreigners saw land division to bring tough works 151 years ago (Borreca). Foreigners wanted land to make sugar since they wanted to make money so, King Kamehameha III wanted to divide the land equally to everyone. The Mahele of 1848 was unjustified since Hawaiians had no money, children were eating raw food, and their land was sold to foreigners before they could even buy it.

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hard for people to buy their own land, which is why it was only a

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had sold only the right to use the land, not the land itself. They did

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