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Chromograph map of Samoa - George Cram 1896. The Samoan Islands were first settled some 3,500 years ago as part of the Austronesian expansion.Both Samoa's early history and its more recent history are strongly connected to the histories of Tonga and Fiji, nearby islands with which Samoa has long had genealogical links as well as shared cultural traditions.
Susuga Malietoa Laupepa (1841 – 22 August 1898) was the ruler of Samoa in the late 19th century. He was first crowned in 1875. During his tenure as King, he fought constant warfare from many contenders to the throne, these battles would make up the First Samoan Civil War, which is documented in A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa.
Many German and American ships were damaged and others sunk entirely; 145 men on warships were lost, and 5 merchant sailors died. The three Western powers met and finally agreed to a deal on June 14, 1889, "The Final Act of The Berlin Conference on Samoan Affairs" or "The Berlin General Act" for short.
From July to November 1920, Ripley was involved with the Mau movement until he and his wife were deported by Governor Waldo A. Evans. Nearly a year later, on August 15, 1921, Ripley attempted to re-enter American Sāmoa but was intercepted at the Pago Pago dock and deported a second time due to his involvement in the Mau movement.
Samoans or Samoan people (Samoan: tagata Sāmoa) are the Indigenous Polynesian people of the Samoan Islands, an archipelago in Polynesia, who speak the Samoan language.The group's home islands are politically and geographically divided between the Independent State of Samoa and American Samoa, an unincorporated territory of the United States of America.
After the siege of Apia, the Samoan loyalists, the British and the Americans began operations against Vailele. On April 1, an expedition of about 250 men proceeded to the settlement, supported by HMS Royalist. Two villages were burned along the way, and the Royalist bombarded Vailele's fortifications. But when the expedition approached the town ...
Wars and conflicts involving Samoa and the Samoan Islands throughout history. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. F.
During World War II, U.S. Marines in American Samoa outnumbered the local population, having a huge cultural influence. Young Samoan men from the age of 14 and above were combat trained by US military personnel. As in World War I, American Samoans served in World War II as combatants, medical personnel, code personnel, ship repairs, etc.