Editing History of Tonga (section)

==Unification==
[[Image:George Tupou I, c. 1880s.jpg|thumb|King [[George Tupou I]], c. 1880]]
In 1799, the 14th Tu{{okina}}i Kanokupolu, [[Tuku'aho|Tuku{{okina}}aho]] was murdered, which sent Tonga into a civil war for fifty years. Finally, the islands were united into a Polynesian kingdom in 1845 by the ambitious young warrior, strategist, and orator Tāufaʻāhau. He held the chiefly title of [[Tu'i Kanokupolu]], but was baptised with the name King [[George Tupou I]].

In 1875, with the help of missionary [[Shirley Waldemar Baker|Shirley Baker]], he declared Tonga a [[constitutional monarchy]], at which time he emancipated the serfs, enshrined a code of law, land tenure, and freedom of the press, and limited the power of the chiefs. The islands were not fully surveyed until 1898, when the British warships {{HMS|Egeria|1873}} and {{HMS|Penguin|1876}} completed the task.<ref name=Quanchi/>

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File:TWI TONGAN YOUNG WOMEN.jpg|Two Tongan young women, 1823
File:Training-School at Tonga (June 1852, p.60, IX) - Copy.jpg|Training School at Tonga, 1852
File:King George, of the Friendly Islands (1852, p.1, IX) - Copy.jpg|King [[George Tupou I]] of the Friendly Islands, 1852
File:Ata, a Tonga Chief (December 1853, X, p.132).jpg|Ata, a Tonga Chief, 1853
File:Durand-brager-119.png|Siege of a Tongan village during the expedition of [[Dumont d'Urville]], 1863
File:The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics. By (14581420247).jpg|Interior of a Tongan house, 1871 drawing
File:Tongan seaman, during the Challenger Expedition, 1874.jpg|Tongan seaman during the [[Challenger Expedition]], 1874
File:Rev James B Watkin, Fotofili, J Afu, Rev Shirley Waldemar Baker, Prince Wellington and Junia standing outside a house in Neiafu, Tonga.jpg|Tongan notables in the 1880s
File:Nukualofa, Tonga, 1887 (21685269618).jpg|[[Nukuʻalofa|Nuku{{Okina}}alofa]] in 1887
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