Show Yankee Sailors Opened Ha Hawaii to Civilization The United States State may well thank Boston and Its daring men of ot the sea for the fact that Hawaii Ha Ua wail now flies the Stars and Stripes rather than titan the tIle color TrI or the Union Jack A Spanish navigator discovered the s In 1555 but buthis buthis buthis his countr country laid no claim on them and they were virtually forgotten The British Captain Cook visited the islands In 1778 and named them the Sandwich Islands Still the islands were practically un un- known Then following the close of or the American Revolution American AmerIcan Amer Artier ican lean ships be began an to sail the seven seen seas In growing numbers ers and In 1789 liS the first ship flying Hying the Ule AmerIcan American American Amer Amer- ican fla flag from flag from Boston visited Boston visited the It was the first of or many from the stone same port carrying traders trailers whalers and adventurers ad and soon the natives learned of ot the Republic on the continent to the east and to acquire the ways of ot the white men The nos Boston ton traders found fount each cach of oC the Islands under a separate king king- with two rival rulers on Hawaii Hawaii Ha Ha- wall the largest of ot the Islands One of or the latter obtained firearms ant and ammunition from the traders and Rod got their assistance in building a ti Ii llIn navy nary With this help he became the Napoleon of ot the Pacific conquered the other is islands islands Is- Is lands and as Kamehameha I ruled over o the consolidated kingdom His Ilis line died out with Queen calani and the United States came Into control |