Kamehameha Leadership

When Kamehameha was little, he was involved in a prophecy where it was alleged that Kamehameha was going to kill all of the ali’i who ruled over the Hawaiian Islands. Kamehameha was in grave danger, for Alapa`i wanted the boy dead before the prophecy could start to unravel. So in efforts to keep their son safe, Kamehameha’s parents proceeded to call their son Paiea, instead of Kamehameha, so that Alapa`i and his spies would have to end up postponing their plans kill their son. After getting older, Alapa`i got word that Kamehameha was still alive, so he accepted Kamehameha back, and raised him, and let him have the status of a young ali`i. After being properly taught and trained, Kamehameha would use this to his advantage, and start his conquest to uniting all of the Hawaiian Islands. Kamehameha was an effective leader, because he was always prepared for the worst and creative. …show more content…
Kamehameha had purchased at least six ships before he passed away and bought guns and ammunition which was all worth eight thousand dollars in sandalwood. With sandalwood being a big market at the time, its numbers started to dwindle, and so Kamehameha decided to place a kapu on the sandalwood. Luckily, buying ships, guns and ammunition never changed after the unification of the Hawaiian Islands, because by buying the ships, Kamehameha and his people could use the ships for future trading, and military purposes. However, one of the many changes that had occurred s a kapu on sandalwood, which Kamehameha had fortunately introduced, because with sandalwood demand on the rise, Kamehameha decided to place a kapu on the sandalwood trees before they totally went extinct