Kamehameha: the Conqueror King of Hawaii

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Kamehameha the Great is born under the weight of prophecy, and he duly sets about fulfilling his destiny. As the Hawaiian islands navigate early contact with the outside world, Kamehameha harnesses foreign weapons and warrior tradition to conquer the island of Hawaii and unite all of the other islands under his Kingdom of Hawaii.
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Thank you to Emma Buratti, from Kaua‘i, for graciously helping me with pronunciations. If the pronunciations are even halfway decent, all the credit is hers!
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SOURCES
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Alexander, W. D. (1891). A brief history of the Hawaiian people. American Book Company.

Carroll, B. E. (2000). In The Routledge Historical Atlas of Religion in America (pp. 18–19). essay, Routledge.

Hackler, R. E. A. (1986). Alliance or Cession? Missing Letter from Kamehameha I to King George III of England Casts Light on 1794 Agreement. Hawaiian Journal of History, 20, 1–12.

Haley, J. L. (2014). Captive paradise: A history of Hawaiʻi. St. Martin's Press.

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[kubrah]

As a native to Kauai, I'm surprised and ecstatic that some1 has taken time to dive into the deeper history rather than the skimmed overview written in the history books. It's channels like these that make the world informed and whole

[katiek.]

This is where Dragon Ball Z gets it’s Kamehameha from! Toriyama (the author) wanted to include the Japanese word Kame in the title of the move, which means turtle (a reference to the character that develops the move). Toriyama’s wife was aware of some Hawaiian history, and suggested this name. So this whole time, DBZ characters have been shouting the name of a Hawaiian king 👑

[tylerweaver]

I teach American history and taught about the annexation of Hawaii yesterday to my 8th period. It’s weird sometimes how life can have many similar events happen at the same time. Who would of thought my favorite historical narrative channel would have a video about the EXACT same subject I just taught. Life is crazy in many ways, right?

[souljahxl]

As a native Hawaiian, I'm glad you didn't sugar coat things. Kamehameha was a ruthless killer, a slave driver, but also a prudent king, a senior statesman. He drove the sandalwood to extinction, but also laid foundations for our people to never dissappear. He was a product of his times and surroundings, and the history he made was his calling.

[SanchitC]

“The Lonely One” has got to be one of the coolest names in history

[treatsdomi]

What's even scarier is that Hawaiian Chiefs don't let their ʻahuʻula (feather cape) touch the ground, and Kamehameha's cape is long and big enough to put him around 7 feet tall. There are even stories of him flipping the Naha stone, a sheet of lava rock weighing around 2.5 tons. A Chief that flipped the rock over, was said to become conquer of all the islands, basically the same as the sword in the stone. Legend has it that when he was born a "white rainbow" came down from the heavens, most likely Crepuscular rays (What happens when light shines through clouds). Dude was built different.

[Frosty_tha_Snowman]

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[user]

Whoever animated and did the art for this, mad props

[koam]

As a proud Kanaka Maoli (Hawaiian) I want to thank you for this beautiful depiction of Hawaiian history. You’re the first person I’ve ever seen take the time to talk about Hawaiian history, mahalo nui loa. You have a lifetime subscriber now. Appreciate you.

[mjtheasyluminmate]

As someone who lives on the big island of hawaii I’m thankful people have taken the time to research about the history of Hawai’i

[darkapollo]

As someone who was born and raised in Hawaii, I am really excited to see this video.

[teovu]

King Kamehameha conquered ALL of Hawaii with only a 10, 000 strong army. When his enemies saw his force they proclaimed "IT'S OVER 9, 000!!!

[SamoanObsidian]

Beautiful story telling of real history on my Hawaiian brothers n sisters. As a proud Samoan, I loved this. Aloha and Alofa from Oahu 🤙🏾🤜🏾🤛🏾

[davidchavez]

As a half Mexican and half Hawaiian person I really loved this history lesson. Mahalo y muchas Gracias

[inlivingcolor...abroad]

I knew absolutely nothing of Hawaii nor have any connection to it, but this narration, music, and artwork literally made me feel like I was there. Most importantly, you have a way capturing the human experience in history that it makes me try to understand more and more.

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[andrewd]

Those portraits of each of the characters as they appeared were awesome. Love hawaiian and Polynesia history. This is my favorite video from y'all so far

[creepyshaka]

Keopuolani is the highest ranking Hawaiian Monarch in hawaiian history. King Kamehameha had to take off his clothes before he could even look in her direction. thank you history dose, i needed this!

[overdose]

I'm born and raised in Hawaii. I learned more from this video than I have from any other source

[kalanidixon]

as someone who grew up in hawai’i and is of hawaiian descent, it’s great to see someone taking time to share our history and educate people on what was left out of the history books 🤙🏽

[jesus]

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