Hawaii
Hawaii is a part of the United States of America. It was the fiftieth state to enter into the union. It has a population of 1,275,194. It has 6,422 square miles of land. It is located in the Pacific Ocean west and south of the mainland of the United States.
History
The Hawaiian Islands were discovered in 1778 by Captain James Cook. The native Hawaiians were Polynesians and worshipped tiki gods. In the decades after Cook's visit the islands were united under one chief and eventually became a Christian kingdom through the help of missionaries.
Hawaii became united under King Kamehameha who forced all independent kingdoms in the Hawaiian Islands to join a Hawaiian Kingdom under his rule. He did not do this via diplomacy or by elections. He did it by conquest. This kingdom was eventually incorporated into the United States and became the 50th state in 1959.
Tourism
Hawaii is the United States only state in the tropics and a favorite tourist attraction known for it's beaches and volcanoes.