Ngemva kokunqoba kwakhe u-Oahu e-Battle of Nu'uanu, uKamehameha the Great wahlala e-Oahu, elungiselela ukuthola i-Kauai neNihau. Kodwa-ke, isimo sezulu esibi entwasahlobo ka-1796 sasivimbela ukuhlasela kwakhe futhi ukuvukela eSikhulu Esikhulu saseHawaii kwakunqume ukuthi abuyele esiqhingini sasekhaya.
Ebona ingozi yokushiya izinduna ze-Oahu ngemuva, watshelwa ukuba ahambe nabo ekubuyeni kwakhe esiqhingini saseHawaii, futhi ashiye abantu abazethemba ukuthi bayongamela lesi siqhingi.
Ukuvukela eHawaii kwaholwa uNamakeha, umfowabo kaKaiana, isikhulu saseKauai. Impi yokugcina yokuphila kukaKamehameha kwenzeka eduze kwaseHilo, esiqhingini saseHawaii ngoJanuwari 1797 lapho iNamakeha ithathwe khona futhi yanikelwa khona.
Eminyakeni eyisithupha eyalandela, uKamehameha wahlala esiqhingini saseHawaii. Lokhu kwakuyiminyaka yokuthula, kodwa uKamehameha waqhubeka nokuhlela ukuhlasela kwakhe eKauai, ekwakheni imikhumbi engakwazi ukumelana nemifudlana eqinile yesiteshi phakathi kuka-Oahu noKauai. Ngesiza sabeluleki bakhe bezangaphandle abathembekile, uKamehameha wakwazi ukwakha imikhumbi eminingi yamanje yempi kanye nezingalo zanamuhla, kuhlanganise namanoni.
Ngo-1802, lo mkhumbi washiya isiqhingi saseHawaii futhi ngemva kokuma unyaka eMaui, wahamba no-Oahu ngo-1803, elungiselela ukuhlasela eKauai. Isifo esibi kakhulu, isimo esiqondile esingakaze sakhiwe, kodwa cishe ikholera noma umkhuhlane we-typhoid, washaya u-Oahu, okwaholela ekufeni kwezinhloko eziningi namasosha.
U-Kamehameha naye wabanjwa nesifo kepha wasinda. Kodwa-ke, ukuhlasela kukaKauai kwaphinde kwahlehliswa.
Eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili eyalandela yokubusa kwakhe, uKamehameha waqhubeka nezinhlelo zakhe zokunqoba iKauai, ukuthenga imikhumbi eminingi yangaphandle. Kodwa uKauai wayengakaze anqotshwe. Lesi siqhingi sasilethwe eMbusweni, ngesivumelwano esivumelwaneni esenziwa ngumhlangano obuso ubuso nobuso phakathi kombusi obusa uKauai, Kaumualii, noKamehameha o-Oahu ngo-1810.
Ekugcineni, iHawaii yayingumbuso onobunye, ngaphansi kokubusa kukaKamehameha I.
Iminyaka Yokuqala Yokubusa
Eminyakeni yokuqala yokubusa kwakhe, uKamehameha wazihaqa ngeqembu labacebisi abaphethe izinduna ezinhlanu ezazibandakanye indima ekunqobeni eHawaii. Baxoxwa ezindabeni eziningi zombuso. Kodwa-ke, njengoba befa amadodana abo abazange bazuze ifa labo. Kamehameha kancane kancane waba inkosi enkulu.
U-Kamehameha wayeziqhenya ngobuhlobo bakhe obuqinile eBritish. Ithonya elinamandla ohlelweni lwaseBrithani likahulumeni lubonakala kuningi likahulumeni omiswe nguKamehameha. Wamisa inhloko encane, okuthiwa nguKalanimoku, ukuba abe ngumbusi wakhe.
UKalanimoku waqamba igama likaWilliam Pitt, uNdunankulu waseNgilandi, futhi empeleni wakhonza uKamehameha njengoNdunankulu, uMgcinimafa, kanye nomeluleki omkhulu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uKamehameha wamisa umbusi ukuba abe ngabamele bakhe esiqhingini ngasinye, ngoba wayengakwazi ukuza khona ngaso sonke isikhathi. Okuwukuphela kukaKauai, okuvunyelwe ukuhlala umbuso wokubusa owabona uKamehameha njengenkosi.
Laba babusi bamiswa ngokusekelwe ebuqotho nasekhono kunanoma yiliphi isikhundla njengenhloko. Ngaphezu kwalokho, abathelisi bamiswa ukuba bakhulise imali eningi edingekayo ukuze basekele inkosi nenkantolo yakhe.
Ukubuka i-Flag Hawaii, okwamanje namanje i-Flag Flag yaseHawaii, ibonisa ubuhlobo obukhethekile phakathi kweBrithani Elikhulu neHawaii.
Kubantu, lokhu kwakungeyona uhlelo olusha lukahulumeni. Sekuyisikhathi eside behlala emphakathini wama-feudal, lapho umhlaba wawunamakhosi aphethe futhi lapho isimiso se- kapu sithinta cishe zonke izici zokuphila kweHawaii. U-Kamehameha wasebenzisa uhlelo lwe-kapu ukuqinisa ubukhosi bakhe.
UKamehameha ubunye lezi ziqhingi futhi waziqinisa njengombusi ophakeme. Ngokugcina ezinye izikhulu zizungezile ngaso sonke isikhathi, futhi ziphinde ziphinde zinikeze amazwe azo eziqhingini eziningana, waqinisekisa ukuthi akukho ukuhlubuka okungenzeka.
U-Kamehameha naye wahlala ethembekile kunkulunkulu wakhe. Ngesikhathi elalele izindaba zikaNkulunkulu wamaKristu ezivela kubantu bezinye izizwe ababevakashela enkantolo, kwakungonkulunkulu befa lakhe ekugcineni wahlonishwa.
Iminyaka Yokuthula
U-Kamehameha wahlala e-Oahu kuze kube sehlobo lika-1812, lapho ebuyela esifundeni saseKona se-Big Island eHawaii. Lokhu kwakuyiminyaka yokuthula. UKamehameha wasebenzisa isikhathi sakhe sokudoba, wakha kabusha i-heiaus (amathempeli) futhi wasebenza ekwandiseni ukukhiqizwa kwezolimo.
Phakathi nale minyaka, ukuhwebelana kwamanye amazwe kwaqhubeka kwanda. Ukuhweba kwakuyinkosikazi yaseRoyal kanye noKamehameha bajabulela ukuzibandakanya. Wajabula ngokusebenzisana nomkhumbi abaphathi bezimoto kanye namabhizinisi.
Njengoba kubhalwe uRichard Wisniewksi encwadini yakhe ethi The Rise and Fall of the Kingdom Hawaii:
"Ukuhlanganiswa kweziQhingi zaseHawaiian yiKamehameha embusweni owodwa kwaba yimpumelelo enkulu kunazo zonke emlandweni waseHawaii. Izici ezintathu ezibalulekile zafaka isandla kulokhu kufeza: 1) izifiki eziphethe izikhali, izeluleko kanye nokusiza ngokomzimba; 2) umphakathi waseFawaiy ukwehluleka kwayo kwezizwe ezihlukene ezinokwethenjelwa okukhulu kwezizwe; futhi mhlawumbe ithonya elibaluleke kakhulu; 3) ubuntu bukaKamehameha.
"U-Kamehameha ozelwe kakhulu futhi oqeqeshwe ukuhola, wayenezo zonke izimfanelo zomholi oqinile. Unamandla emzimbeni, agile, engesabi futhi enengqondo enamandla, yena ubuqotho obuphefumlelwe kubalandeli bakhe. Nakuba wayengenamahloni empini, wayenomusa futhi uthethelela lapho kwavela isidingo, wasebenzisa izinto ezintsha kanye nemibono emisha ukuze athuthukise izithakazelo zakhe siqu.Wabonga izinzuzo ezinikezwa ngabangaphandle futhi wazisebenzisa enkonzweni yakhe kodwa akakaze afike emandleni abo.Ukwahlulela okuhle kukaKamehameha kuyoba namandla. kanye namandla angaphakathi, wabamba umbuso wakhe ndawonye kuze kube yilapho ezinsukwini zokugcina zokuphila kwakhe. "
Ngo-Ephreli ka-1819, iSpain uDon Francisco de Paula y Marin wabizwa esiGodini esikhulu saseHawaii.
UMarin wayehambe emhlabeni, esuka eSpain waya eMexico, eCalifornia futhi ekugcineni waya eHawaii, lapho kuthiwa uhlwanyele amapanapula wokuqala eziqhingini.
Ehlakaniphile ngesiSpanishi, isiFulentshi nesiNgisi, uMarin wakhonza uKamehameha njengomhumushi nomphathi wezohwebo. UMarin wayenolwazi oluyisisekelo lwezokwelapha
Ayikho imithi yesimanje namandla angokwenkolo nangokwelashwa ama-kahunas akwazi ukuthuthukisa isimo sikaKamehameha, owayesegula.
NgoMeyi 8, 1819, iNkosi uKamehameha I weSizwe esiBumbene saseHawaii yafa.
Futhi, njengoba kubhalwe uRichard Wisniewksi encwadini yakhe ethi The Rise and Fall of the Kingdom Hawaii:
"Njengoba izwi lokufa kwenkosi lafika kubantu, kwaba nesibindi esikhulu kubo. Njengobungabonakali bokudabuka, labo ababehlala eduze nenkosi bathuthukisa ukudabuka kwabo ngokuzibulala, njengokubamba amazinyo angaphambili noma ngaphezulu.
Kodwa ezinye zezibonelo ezimbi kakhulu zokudabuka ezifana nokuzibulala, kancane kancane zaphela ngenxa yethonya lomkhuba wesinye isizwe. Ngaphandle kweminikelo yabantu, okuyinto uKamehameha ayeyenqatshelwe ekufeni kwakhe, amasiko amadala ayehlonishwa ngenkosi eshiyiwe. Ngesikhathi esifanele, amathambo ayefihliwe ngokucophelela futhi indawo yawo ayizange ibonakaliswe. "
Namuhla ungabuka izithombe ezine zeKamehameha the Great - e-Honolulu e-Oahu, eHilo naseKapaau eHawaii Island naseWashington DC e-Emancipation Hall e-US Capitol Visitor Centre.