Indian Removal Era Begins 1828-1849

1839

Missionaries establish first English-only school in Hawai’i

The diagram of the Chiefs' Children School which appeared on the front page of the Hawai'ian newspaper Ka Nonanona. Image: Hawai'ian Historical Society
The diagram of the Chiefs' Children School which appeared on the front page of the Hawai'ian newspaper Ka Nonanona. Image: Hawai'ian Historical Society

The Royal School is established as the first private English school in Hawai’i with the intent of educating the Native Hawaiian monarchy and elite classes (Trask, 1999).

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