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Hostilities soon resumed in the Second Samoan Civil War, with the returned Mata'afa quickly and easily defeating Tanumafili at the Siege of Apia. The Western powers eventually intervened. The result was the partitioning of the island chain at the Tripartite Convention of 1899 into the western German Samoa and the eastern American Samoa. The ...
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.
Flag of The Kingdom of Samoa: A red field with centred white cross and a 5-pointed star in the canton. 1886-1887: Flag of The Kingdom of Samoa: A red field with centred black cross and a white 5-pointed star in the canton. 1887-1889: Flag of The Kingdom of Samoa: A white field with centred black cross and a red field with a white 5-pointed star ...
The Samoan crisis was a standoff between the United States, the German Empire, and the British Empire from 1887 to 1889 over control of the Samoan Islands during the First Samoan Civil War. [ 1 ] Background
The first Samoan Civil War (1886-1894) led to the so-called Samoan crisis, a struggle between Western powers for control of the area. This in turn led to the Second Samoan Civil War (1898-1899), which was resolved by the Tripartite Convention , in which the United States , Great Britain and Germany agreed to partition the islands into German ...
The coat of arms of Samoa takes its inspiration from the United Nations, as New Zealand administered Western Samoa first as a League of Nations Mandate and then as a United Nations trusteeship until the country received its independence on 1 January 1962, as Western Samoa. Samoa was the first Polynesian nation to reestablish independence in the ...
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Mata'afa Iosefo first came into prominence in September 1888 when under his command, his followers rebelled against the German-backed Tamasese who was proclaimed Tafa'ifa or King of Samoa. A battle of the First Samoan Civil War saw Iosefo's warriors send Tamasese's forces retreating to Mulinuʻu Point where a German gunship offered protection.