Title: King Kamehameha
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Description: A king with a loooooong name, and his descendants, up until Hawaii became the 50th state.
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Expiration_date: 9998-12-31 00:00:00
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  When the English came into the perfect little picture of Hawaiian culture, the Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiians) said: We need a king. We need someone to lead us, or the English will rip us to shreads.
That's what they did. They created the Kingdom of Hawaii, And got themselves a king. And they said: We're set for anything that the English throw at us.
The king, Kamehameha was a great ruler in the Kanaka Maoli's eyes. They thought that he was a great ruler, because he was keeping the British off thier lands, and letting them keep thier religon, and thier spiritual belifs.

 The Kanaka Maoli honered thier king by giving him human sacrifices, to keep his holy essance, and to please him, so he would stay their king, and not let the evil British forces come in and destroy thier culture.
Beheadings were given to those who disobeyed the new laws that they had been given. The British were accustomed to behaedings, of course, but when they saw the human sacrifices-HO BOY! They tried to get into those islands, and save the people from this horrid king. 

 But the Kanaka Maoli were right when they said that they were ready for the British. Kamehemeha kept the british off the island, and he kept it that way. Eventually, he married, and had two sons, Kamehameha 2 and Kamehameha 3.
You and I both know that kings don't last forever, so when Kamehameha 1 died, his first son, #2, became the new king. But he handed most of the royal duties to one of his fathers wives, Kaahumanu. Kamehameha 2 was a softie, though, and allowed British missionaries on the island. You can imagine that the people were a little irritated that thier belifs were being demolished, but you can't argue with a king. His word was law, and if the Knaka Maoli said somthing, they knew they'd probably get thier heads chopped off.

 Kamehameha 2 died in 1824. And his little brother Kamehameha 3 got to rule.
At age 11 no less! King Tut gone tropical! Whee!
Kamehameha, like his brother, got help from thier fathers wife, Kaahumanu. Seven years later, she died, and the little Kamehameha was on his own. He was young, and probably had no idea what he was doing, when he let the British basicly move in. But he didn't let them take the island, which was a great relief for the Kanaka Maoli, I'd expect.
After #3, there were Kamehameha's 4 and 5. And then the island was ruled by king who weren't related to the first royal family.
The last ruler Hawaii ever saw was Queen Lillioukanali. 
Then the U.S. came in, and saved them as the British had hoped to do. 
The Kanaka Maoli these days, want freedom, and a king or queen again. They really want to be thier own people again. 
I have this to say. They'll need to work REALLY hard to do THAT.