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The sandalwood trade
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Kamehameha I was born
Kamehameha I; c. 1758 – May 8 or 14, 1819), also known as Kamehameha the Great, full Hawaiian name: Kalani Paiʻea Wohi o Kaleikini Kealiʻikui Kamehameha o ʻIolani i Kaiwikapu kauʻi Ka Liholiho Kūnuiākea, conquered the Hawaiian Islands formally establishing the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi in 1810 and founding the Kamehameha Dynasty. By developing alliances with the major Pacific colonial powers, Kamehameha preserved Hawaiʻi's independence under his rule. -
Fair american captured
Isaac Davies and John Young got captured. Isaac Davies was a survivor of the fair american that got attacked by Kame'eiamoku. John Young from the ship Eleonara was left behind by Simon Metcalfe.
Both of them Became a advisor for King Kamehameha. -
Pu'ukohola Heiau was completed
The Pu'ukohola Heiau was completed during 1791. It was built for Kamehameha's war god. Kamehameha had a meeting there with Keoua. After Keoua got killed by Ke'eaumoku one of Kamehameha's warrior's. Keoua's body got sacraficed to the war god of the heiau. -
Battle of Nu'uanu
Kamehameha and his warrors landed on the shore of Waialeale to Waikiki. They fought their way up to Nu'uanu Valley. Some Oahu warriors were driven over the pali (cliff). Kamehameha was now the ruler of all of the islands exept for Kauai and Ni'ihau. -
Kamuali'i makes agreement with Kamehameha
Kamehameha was about to attack Kaua'i but diseases spread through his warriors. So he had to postpone the attack again. But in 1810 Kamehameha and Kamuali'i, ruler of Kaua'i and Niihau, met in Honolulu . They both agreed to place the two islands under the rule of King Kamehameha until King Kamuali'i dies. Thats when for the first time all the islands were united by one ruler. -
Profits of the trade
In 1811, an agreement between Boston ship captains and Kamehameha established a monopoly on sandalwood exports with Kamehameha receiving 25% of the profits. This agreement stood for only one shipment, though, and shortly thereafter the War of 1812 resulted in a British blockade of Hawai'i for two years. -
Western Shipping
As trade and shipping brought Hawai'i into contact with a wider world, it also enabled the acquisition of Western goods, including arms and ammunition.Kamehameha used Western cannon and guns to great advantage in his unification of the Islands and also acquired Western-style ships, buying the brig Columbia for a price of two ship loads of sandalwood in 1817. -
Arrival of the first missionaries
In October 1819 the board organized the first group of missionaries to the Hawaiian Islands. On March 30, 1820, the Thaddeus anchored at Kawaihae on the Big Island. Messengers went ashore to find out what had been happening. They returned with the news that Kamehameha was dead and that Liholiho had abolished the Kapu. The missionaries saw this as proof that God had blessed there plans. -
End of Kapu
King Kamehameha's son Liholiho became king in 1819. He shared the rule with his step mother Ka'ahumanu.
Keopulani said that the old gods should be overthrown, so the Heiau burned, and the Kapu abolished.
Some of the laws were cruel and unfair and women were not allowed to do things that men could do. -
King Kamehameha ll dies
After Kamehameha's death, his son Kamehameha II fell into debt with sandalwood traders. Having given away his own lands, he relied on the wood supplies of others, but he was unable to stop other chiefs from negotiating their own trade deals.By 1826, American traders were complaining about the debts owed by the king and chiefs and a general tax was imposed to pay off some of their collective debt. Traders played off the rivalry among chiefs to get the best price.
