ABOLISHING THE 'AIKAPU
-- Kamehameha divides power:
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Liholiho = political heir
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Kekuaokalani = care of Kuka'ilimoku
-- Death of Kamehameha (May 1819)
-- 'ainoa instigated by female chiefs
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Ka'ahumanu = kuhina nui (share rule w/ Liholiho)
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"resolved to be free"
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Keopuolani -- eats w/Kauikeaouli
-- Liholiho eats with women (Nov. 1819)
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Hewahewa ordered all heiau destroyed
-->
end of kapu system; end of state religion
-- Kekuaokalani rebels & is killed (Dec. 1819)
-- American missionaries arrive (March 1820)