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Kamehameha I
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Ka·me·ha·me·ha I  (k-m-m) Known as "Kamehameha the Great." 1758?-1819.
King of the Hawaiian Islands (1795-1819) who conquered and united all the islands under his rule.
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Noun1.Kamehameha I - Hawaiian king who united the islands under his rule (1758-1819)Kamehameha I - Hawaiian king who united the islands under his rule (1758-1819)


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Characters are drawn from America's diverse cultures, including King Kamehameha I of Hawaii (America's only king) and Sarah Winnemucca, a Paiute Indian woman who started a school for Native Americans around 1880.
It is no wonder why, then, in 1809 King Kamehameha I moved his royal seat from the island of Hawaii to Oahu''s Honolulu, making the seaside port today''s state capital and a world class city in the middle of the Pacific to boot.
The crew of the Santa Rosa had earlier mutinied off the coast of Chile and found their way to the Sandwich Islands, where they sold the ship to King Kamehameha I.
 
 
 
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