A few days ago
aysha

help me please?

i need to know what kind of foreign weapons did King Kamehameha use and who gifted it to him. thank you if you answer my question.

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A few days ago
Brian W

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Kamehameha’s dreams included far more than the island of Hawaiʻi; with the council of his favorite wife Kaʻahumanu, who became one of Hawaiʻi’s most powerful figures, he set about planning to conquer the rest of the Hawaiian Islands. Help came from British and American traders, who sold guns and ammunition to Kamehameha. Two westerners who were resident on Hawaiʻi, Isaac Davis and John Young, trained Kamehameha’s troops in the use of firearms.

With his new weapons, Kamehameha felt confident enough to move on the neighboring islands of Maui and Oʻahu, already weakened by a war of succession that had broken out between King Kahekili’s sons. Kamehameha may or may not have known that his rival, Kalanikupule, also possessed firearms, and was planning a move against him when the aliʻi nui of Hawaiʻi invaded the western islands.

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