Effective Leader Essay Kamehameha was a great Hawaiian leader. He was a great leader and was able to reach such victories because of allies like Kekuhaupi’o And John Young And Isaac Davis. Kekuhaupi’o , John Young and Isaac Davis helped Kamehameha win wars by using strategy and weaponry. He was the first leader to ever unify all the hawaiian islands under one ruler. Kamehameha was an effective leader because he was insightful, respectful, and intelligent. Kamehameha was an effective leader because he was a respectful administrator. He realized that after his passing, the other chiefs would sell all the sandalwood and let the species of trees go extinct. Therefore, he put a kapu on the young sandalwood to let it grow to its full potential. This was something that had changed because before the unification and trading there wasn’t a very great need for sandal wood. This kapu was a good kapu because it made the sandalwood last as long as it did. …show more content…
It was smart of him to add the mamalahoe kapu, or the law of the splintered paddle. This law came to be when one day Kamehameha was on a military expedition, and encountered commoners. While attacking the commoners, Kamehameha 's foot had gotten stuck in between some reef. Then, one of the fishermen repeatedly bashed his head with a canoe paddle, causing it to break. That fisherman could have killed Kamehameha right then and there, but he chose not to, leaving a wounded Kamehameha on the beach. This was a law that if anybody had been harmed or hurt by a person, that person would suffer the severe consequence of death. This was a change in hawaiian history because there wasn’t ever a law like that. This was a good law because it helped keep peace throughout the