Summer Travis

Period 3
02/23/14
HERO DEBATE
MY HERO: Princess Nahienaena
MY COMPETITORS HERO: Stanford B. Dole (Kai)
Why is your hero great?
After the first missionaries arrived in Hawaii in 1815, growing up Princess
Nahienaena found herself caught between Protestant Christian and traditional
Hawaiian beliefs, struggling to satisfy the expectations of others as the two diverse
cultures conflicted. Princess Nahienaena tried to bring friendly relations between the
old ways and the new. Being born the highest-ranking ali;i in the Hawaiian Kingdom,
she would never be like a humble missionaries wife as her mother had wished for her.
However, because of her upbringing as a Christian, Princess Nahienaena never felt
completely comfortable in the Hawaiian culture either.
Detail his/her greatest accomplishments.
She tried to reconcile the the old ways with the new
She worked to please both sides and followed her
heart
Emphasize his/her importance to history. How did he/she leave a legacy in Hawaii? How did
she effect history?
Princess Nahienaena represents the merge of two cultures, showing that neither
is disposable.
How is your opponents hero LESS important/great than yours?
In 1887 he led the revolution that forced King
Kalakaua to accept a new Constitution reducing him to a mere figurehead.
2/3rds of the people were dissatisfied
with this constitution
this constitution on took power from
the monarchy and gave it to foreigners
Seen as a villain by some
Very manipulative

 Helped overthrow Queen Liliuokalani

President Dole helped to draft a Treaty of
Annexation to be sent quickly to Washington before the end of Republican
President Harrison's term in office