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The Impact Of Missionaries On Hawaii
Dear Family, The reason why I came to Hawaii was to convert Hawaiians Christianity and educate the Hawaiians about clothing, Christianity, reading and writing.
Missionaries had a political impact on Hawaii, by the ali’i creating schools for education purposes. This is a political impact because the government wanted to make more land for schools than farms. It would also help Hawaiians read the bible which is the reason of why they read and write. Missionaries had an economic impact on Hawaii, by the Hawaiians losing their land due to the building of schools and churches. This is a economic impact because when Hawaiians lost most of their land.
Missionaries had was a social impact on Hawaii, by converting to Christianity and losing their old

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