How Hawaii started was by being apart of the United States, state. The name had first start as Hawaiki which was kinda of an Asian name so they had changed it to something more American like so then it had become Hawaii. Hawaii was apart of World War II. Now today you can see the memorial site as USS Arizona. You know now that Hawaii is well know for the mainly the Pineapples that they grow. Hawaii is the only place that has a rain forest in the US.