Effective Leader Essay Kamehameha the Great was born and raised in the Hawaiian Islands in the late 1800’s. Due to complications, he was set in hiding for a majority of his life. However, around his teen years, Kamehameha was adopted and welcomed back into his community. Unfortunately, not long after Kamehameha was adopted into an ali’i family in the island of Hawai’i, his adoptive father, Kalani’opu’u had died. During the ceremony of the exchange of mana for Kalani’opu’u’s dead body, Kamehameha stepped out of place and caused an uproar. Soon, the chaos grew into a war; a war that would begin Kamehameha’s rise into leadership. When the war had ended, only Kamehameha and the ali’i of Kauai were left. They did not fight, though, because they