As one of the few white men supportive of Hawaii’s monarchy, Claus Spreckels set a great example for others. His life started in Germany and took him to all over the United States. He formed many businesses and helped try to keep Hawaii a monarchy. He was close friends with King Kalakaua and Queen Liliuokalani and fought for them to remain Hawaii’s leaders. His legacy and influence live on to this day, yet most people don’t even know his name.
Born Adolf Claus Spreckels on July 9th, 1828 in Hanover, Germany, Adolf always wanted to leave home for America. In 1846, Claus finally left for New York to start a new life. There, he met up with is high school sweetheart Anna Mangels, who had moved a few years prior. They first moved to South Carolina where they owned a humble grocery store. They had their first of their 13 children there, but only 5 ended up living past childhood and into adulthood. They later moved to San Fransisco together and Spreckels started a brewery that soon became a sugar refinery. The sugar refinery grew and harvested sugar beets and quickly became quite successful. Many of his workers weren’t happy with him though and decided to start their own sugar empire. Spreckels dismissed them and returned to his work, not worried about the new competitor. Little did he know that years later, the “small” company the workers started would become the well known C&H, California and Hawaii Sugar Company, with most of their land spread out across the islands. But, for the time being, Claus was still on top. During this time, he also invested in the, then small, Santa Cruz Railroad. With things going so well with his businesses, he decided to move him and his family to Hawaii to manage his operations and get a better look a...
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...sses. His second son Adolph was given control of the Spreckels enterprise . There are many buildings, streets, and even towns in his honor and his legacy lives on to this day.
Claus Spreckels may not be a household name, but he did his best to fight for what he believed in and support the monarchy of Hawaii. He came from very humble beginnings, but he had the American dream. He made a name for himself in the sugar business as well as countless other investments. He knew what was right and he was one of the few white men to believe in the monarchical future of the islands. He was a good influence on other European men to support Queen Liliuokalani and King Kalakaua. Although he felt he had failed, the Hawaiians appreciated him so much they named a town on Maui after him, Spreckelsville. So when you think about Hawaiian history, remember, not all white men were bad.
Often times, the history that is being told is one of Hawaiian weakness, and defeat. The Bayonet Constitution of 1887, the Overthrow of 1893, and the Annexation of 1898, are all often used as examples of moments of powerlessness in the Hawaiian Kingdom. What about all history prior to, in between, and after, these major dates? Surely, it did not just disappear. In the last few decades, Hawaiian history has changed dramatically due to the works of many Hawaiian historians. The history that was lost has been found, and new discoveries are still being made. Hawaiʻi’s history is a story of resistance, pride, and unity. Included within this history is a man named Robert William Kalanihiapo Wilcox. Wilcox was a revolutionist, and a leader, but he enjoyed being a politician the most. Wilcox was the beacon of hope that helped guide the people of Hawaiʻi through darkness. Wilcox was and still is today a symbolic figure in Hawaiʻi’s political history.
Adolf Hitler was born April 20, 1889 to Klara and Alois Hitler in a small town in Austria called Braunau. Braunau was located about 65 miles from munich and about 30 miles north from Salzburg. Adolf grew up not having as much money as they would like but still made it work with what they had. Adolfs dad, Alois Hitler was a mid- level customs worker while his mom did not have a job so she could take care of the children. He had five siblings, but only one survived childhood due to illnesses and lack of medicine. Paula Hitler, his sister was the only sibling that survived childhood while Gustav, Ida, Otto, and Edmund. Besides them, he did have a stepbrother named Alois and step-sister named Angela from his father's previous marriages. His father had two marriages before Adolf was born. Adolf’s father was fifty-one when he had him, and died when Adolf was only thirteen. Adolfs mom, Klara had died of breast cancer in 1908 (Early Years).
...rted Haitian coffee, until the outbreak of World War II curtailed that venture, and in 1945 he traveled to San Francisco as one of many African Americans who worked unofficially to incorporate their perspectives into the founding of the United Nations. Age can never slow you down from pursuing your dreams in life and reading this essay about my first President of Savannah State University Mr. Richard R. Wight has really taught me that. Just from the beginning of his life he was just on a path of greatness, and even after his retirement he felt that there was a need and he tried his best to meet it. With the bank he had opened during the war. Even after his death in 1947 he legacy is still alive and breathing for us future black scholars to grasp and make our own. Maybe one day I would be as popular and out spoken as Mr. Wight because now I know that “we are rising”.
While this may be true, this does not rationalize the fact that the overthrow was both illegal, and extremely unethical as well. Years after Hawaii was annexed into the United States, business boomed because of tourism around 1966 (Time). Hawaii was annexed under shady circumstances and was completely illegal. Men pointed bayonets at King Kalakaua and forced him to sign a document which gave up almost all the power within the Hawaiian monarchy to the American and European elites (Wikipedia). This unscrupulous overthrow swept the Native Hawaiians with feelings of sorrow and grief.
Stevens held firm beliefs about the future of Hawaii in the hands of the United States. From the start of his stay in Hawaii, Stevens made it clear whose side he was on in the political war. He would openly criticize Hawaii’s monarchy, and at times would refer to Queen Liliuokalani and her advisors as “incompetent”(2). Stevens may have not held anything against the Queen herself or any of her cabinet members, but rather degraded them simply to achieve his goals of the annexation of Hawaii, something that he considered “the only effective remedy for Hawaii’s troubles.” (2) Queen Liliuokalani naturally spoke out against the degradation of herself and her cabinet, and on behalf of her position of defending the Hawaiian Monarchy. “The U.S. Minister John Stevens was influenced by the annexationists. As a diplomat, his role was to foster a friendly, trusting relationship with the Hawaiian government. Instead, he often criticized the monarchy in public. I complained to the U.S. government about Stevens’ attitude and conduct but no action was taken.” (1)
On April 20, 1889, Adolph Hitler was born to Alois and Klara Hitler in the city of Braunau on the border between Austria and Germany. By looking at Hitler’s early years, one is able to understand the events and conditions in his foundational years that developed both his personality and character. "His family epitomized the middle class in terms of income, assets, expenditures and standard of living."1 From the beginning Hitler’s parents feared that he would not survive his childhood because he was constantly sick. His mother gave him lots of love, to the extent of overprotection and indulgence. Hitler learned to take advantage of Klara’s concern for him. His father, on the other hand, took more of a distant role while Hitler was growin...
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In 1903 Alois died, and Adolf took his mothers last name of Hitler. Adolf's mother Klara, died in 1907 from a long series of painful and expensive surgeries for terminal breast cancer. Hitler was permitted to visit Vienna where he was turned down for admission into a prestigous art school. He spent six years in Vienna, surviving on his father's orphanage pension. By 1909 Adolf was penniless and lived life as a transient, sleeping in the backs of bars, flophouses, and homeless shelters. It was during this perios that HItler gained his prejudices, his interest in politics, an...
It is no surprise to very few that Adolph Hitler is one of the most infamous humans ever to have been born. To this day, the mention of his name can conjure up emotions deep within us. He is responsible for the deaths of millions of people either directly or indirectly. The fascinating aspect of his life is what was the true motivation behind his prejudice, cruelty, and heartlessness. The next logical speculation for most would be his upbringing or that he was physiologically unstable, more logically it was a combination of the two. However, before that conclusion can be made the history of his environment as well as how heredity could have influenced him.
Gustav Stresemann was great extent of significance in Germany. Gustav Stresemann was the son of wealthy owner of a restaurant and lounge. In Gustav’s early years of his life, he supported in the family business and, since he was friendless as a young
feels he must turn his factory into a refuge for Jews. By doing so he
the end of World War 1. He is regarded as one of the most well-known
Adolf Hitler’s mind was in many ways “complicated.” He was known to have suffered many illnesses ranging from hypertension, headaches, problems with his vision, to abdominal spasms. All of these sicknesses and disabilities could have caused him to not think “clearly,” but the list of his issues goes on and it is believed by some that they are the root cause for the Holocaust and the inhumane actions of Hitler. Hitler growing up unrecognized and insignificant caused him to create a growing need for attention, recognition, and power and these needs only continued to increase with age, but with age came these physical problems and psychological problems such as sadism, anti-Semitism, and national socialism (Nazism). Hitler developed power, but used it for awful things that cannot be blamed on him hearing noises and other “illnesses” he had.
Adolf was born on the 20th of April, 1889. His mother was Klara Hitler and his father was Alois Hitler who was a Austrian customs officer. Adolf grew up in a Austrian, near Liz with his mother, father, and five other siblings. Adolf was constantly beaten by his father, Alois. Alois also beat his other children until Adolf’s older brother, Alois Jr. ran away from home. Adolf tried to do the same and leave from his home, because of his father, at the age of eleven. At the age of fourteen Adolf’s father died of a lung hemorrhage. Although Adolf’s father died, Adolf did not mourn him for which he felt that he was finally freed from his hated father.