Kamehameha and Washington also made changes in regards to laws, rules, and tax. Washington was in some significant debt problems because of the recent American Revolutionary War. Consequently, he had put a tax on whiskey that did not exist before in 1794 to repay the debts. In Hawaii, harbors and ports used to be free; however, through the Sandalwood Trade, Kamehameha learned that other countries charged foreign ships on harbors, pilot, and ports. Thus, he decided to do the same to the Honolulu Harbor, the most prominent trading place (nps.gov). Additionally, Washington made the first copyright law, called the Copyright Act of 1790. Before, there was no plagiarism; it was not against the law to copy other’s work. The act was intended to give