ABOLISHING THE 'AIKAPU

-- Kamehameha divides power:

-- Liholiho = political heir

-- Kekuaokalani = care of Kuka'ilimoku

-- Death of Kamehameha (May 1819)

-- 'ainoa instigated by female chiefs

-- Ka'ahumanu = kuhina nui (share rule w/ Liholiho)

-- "resolved to be free"

-- Keopuolani -- eats w/Kauikeaouli

-- Liholiho eats with women (Nov. 1819)

-- Hewahewa ordered all heiau destroyed

--> end of kapu system; end of state religion

-- Kekuaokalani rebels & is killed (Dec. 1819)

-- American missionaries arrive (March 1820)