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Kamehameha Legacy
The enduring legacy of Kamehameha the Great was the unification of the Hawaiian islands. By the time 1782, he had reclaimed his home island of Hawai’i. Using weapons from American and European traders, he had then conquered Maui and Molokai. In 1795, Kamehameha stormed the shores of Waikiki beach and led his army to Nuuanu, where a battle with Oahu chief, Kalanikupule, hundreds of Oahu’s warriors killed, pushed off the Pali cliffs. By 1810, he had united all of the islands. He had set up governors to administer each island. In the course of one raid in Puna, Kamehameha had slid and caught his foot in a crack of lava. As a result, one of his escaping opponents returned and beat him on the head with a canoe oar until it broke. Therefore,
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