Hawaii Territory

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former territory historical political entity organized incorporated territory

Hawaii Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from 1900 to 1959, bridging the period between the U.S. annexation of the Hawaiian Islands and their admission as the state of Hawaii.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Territory of Hawaii	9
Hawaii	5

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former territory ⓘ historical political entity ⓘ organized incorporated territory ⓘ
admissionAct	Hawaii Admission Act NERFINISHED ⓘ
admissionActDate	1959-03-18 ⓘ
admissionSuccessor	admission of Hawaii as a U.S. state ⓘ
annexationPredecessor	U.S. annexation of the Hawaiian Islands ⓘ
capital	Honolulu NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	Hawaiian Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Island of Hawaii NERFINISHED ⓘ Kahoolawe NERFINISHED ⓘ Kauai NERFINISHED ⓘ Lanai NERFINISHED ⓘ Maui NERFINISHED ⓘ Molokai NERFINISHED ⓘ Niihau NERFINISHED ⓘ Oahu NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
currency	US dollar ⓘ surface form: United States dollar
demographics	ethnically diverse population ⓘ
endDate	1959-08-21 ⓘ
establishedBy	An Act to Provide a Government for the Territory of Hawaii ⓘ Hawaiian Organic Act NERFINISHED ⓘ Organic Act of 1900 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	Hawaii NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Hawaii NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody	Office of the Governor of Hawaii Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
headOfGovernment	Governor of Hawaii Territory ⓘ
highestCourt	Supreme Court of the Territory of Hawaii NERFINISHED ⓘ
judicialSystem	United States federal court system NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalStatus	organized incorporated territory of the United States ⓘ
legislativeBody	Hawaii Territorial House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ Hawaii Territorial Legislature NERFINISHED ⓘ Hawaii Territorial Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Oceania ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity	military installations ⓘ pineapple cultivation ⓘ sugar plantations ⓘ
notableEvent	attack on Pearl Harbor NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEventDate	1941-12-07 ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ Hawaiian NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
precededBy	Republic of Hawaii NERFINISHED ⓘ
startDate	1900-04-30 ⓘ
strategicImportance	key U.S. naval and military outpost in the Pacific ⓘ
unionEntry	50th state of the United States ⓘ
worldWarIIStatus	under martial law for part of World War II ⓘ