King Kamehameha I was a great warrior and a leader. I chose this topic because I would like to know more about the king and know more about what he did to the island and how he did it.
King Kamehameha I was born in 1758, Kohala. The sign of his birth, kahuna (priests) claimed, would be a comet, called the Haley’s comet. He was a great warrior, diplomat and leader, united the Hawaiian Islands into one royal kingdom in 1810 after years of conflict. In ancient Hawaii, legends told of a day when a great king would unite all the Hawaiian islands.His father was said to be Keoua, a grandson of Keaweikekahialiiokamoku, who once ruled a large portion of the island. Translated, Kamehameha means “the lonely one.”Another legend tells