Which statement is not true regarding the settlement of hawai'i? queen liliuokalani was the last hawaiian monarch by the late 1800s the native hawaiian population had increased from around 40,000 to over 300,000 the first humans to settle in the hawaiian islands probably came from the marquesas islands in polynesia the united states formally annexed the hawaiian islands in 1898 the first europeans set foot in hawai in the late 18th century the politically fragmented islands were united by king kamehameha l