Sister Wives is an American reality television series broadcast on TLC that premiered on September 26, 2010. The show documents the life of a polygamist family, which includes patriarch Kody Brown, his four wives, and their 18 children. The family began the series living in Lehi, Utah, but has since moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 2011.
Kamehameha the Great. King Kamehameha was one of the most striking figures in Hawaiian history, a leader who united and ruled the islands during a time of great cultural change.
In 1795, he became king of the Kingdom of Hawaii, which controlled most of the islands. The remainder acknowledged him in 1810. He was succeeded by his son Kamehameha II in 1819. The first constitution was adopted in 1840. Hawaii's independence was recognized by the United States in 1842.Sugar and pineapple plantations became mainstays of the economy. In 1891, King Kalakaua died and was succeeded by his sister Liliuokalani.n Congress, a generally racist view of the non-white population of Hawaii prevented the islands from becoming a state until 1959, when it was admitted following a referendum that overwhelming approved statehood.