Prelude, Circa 1758-1770

• Hawaiʻi island.
• Kamehameha is born a po'olua, having two dads, Keōua and Kahekili.
• Keōua is the brother of Kalaniʻōpuʻu, King of Hawaiʻi island.
• Kahekili is the King of Maui.
• Kalaniʻōpuʻu adopts Kamehameha (around age 12) when Keōua eventually dies.

Setting

• Maui, the year is now 1790.
• Our journey begins in Wailuku (waters of destruction).
• The landscape is lush and green, mostly loʻi kalo (taro fields).
• The rain waters run mauka to makai (from the mountain to the sea).

1790-1793

• Kamehameha and his forces land in Kahului.
• Kalanikūpule, son of Chief Kahekili, flees Maui after defeat by Kamehameha at the battle of Kepaniwai (1790).
• Kamehameha conquers the island with the aid of cannons called lopaka.
• Kahekili later reclaims Maui and avenges against Kamehameha on Hawaiʻi island; draw - Kahekili retreats to Oʻahu.

An aerial photo of 'Iao stream on Maui

1794

• Kamehameha conquers most of Hawaiʻi island.
• Hawaiʻi becomes a protectorate of Great Britain.
• Kahekili dies on O'ahu by natural cause, son Kalanikūpule takes charge.

1795

• With the continued aid of gun technology, Kamehameha conquers Maui, Lānaʻi, and Moloka'i.
• Kalanikūpule is defeated at the battle of Nuʻuanu on Oʻahu and is later sacrificed to Kūkaʻilimoku (god of war).
• Kamehameha defeats remaining opposition on Hawai'i island.

1804

• Kamehameha moves his capitol from Lahaina to Honolulu.

1810

• Kamehameha and Kaumualiʻi make an agreement in Honolulu for peace.
• Kauaʻi and Niʻihau would be relinquished to Kamehameha upon the death of Kaumualiʻi.
• Kamehameha dies in 1819, Kaumualiʻi dies in 1824.
• Kamehameha II (age 22) also dies in 1824 (age 26).
• Kamehameha III (age 11) becomes king.

Kamehameha II (Liholiho)

1839

• Kamehameha III enacts the first constitution of Hawaii.

1843

• The British and French governments recognize Hawaii as an independent state on Lā Kūʻokoʻa.

1859

• Fundraising for Queen's Hospital.

Kamehameha IV (Alexander Liholiho, reign: 1856-1863)