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South Pacific Ocean

(Appleby, et al, 2014)

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NPS American Regional Map by Matt Holly is public domain

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Coconut Plantations

Key location for refueling along the Asian trade route

(American, 2018)

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1880’s

Rival tribes being provided weapons and training by the following nations that wanted to control the plantations : USA, Germany, United Kingdom

(American, 2014)

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1898

USA, Germany and United Kingdom again seeking control over the islands

Battle of Apia - March, 1898: American and British warships help defeat tribe supported by Germany

(American, 2014)

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Representatives of USA, Germany and UK met to partition the islands

USA gained control over the lucrative Eastern Samoan Islands

Now called American Samoa

(American, 2018)

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Born: July 15, 1839

Died: December 11, 1911

Democrat

American Diplomat

Main US Representative at the Tripartite Convention

(Bartlett, 2018)

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Bartlett Tripp by Weston Arthur Godspeed is public domain

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American Samoa Grunge Flag by Nicolas Raymond is CC By 2.0

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(Le, 2015)

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AMST 220 PSA Project Section 001 Kenneth Carroll Kihwa Gosline Marry Huynh Jennifer Pae

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“American Samoa.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 30 Jan. 2018, en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Samoa.

Appleby, Joyce Oldham, et al. Discovering Our Past: A History of the United States. Modern Times ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014.

“Bartlett Tripp.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Jan. 2018, en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartlett_Tripp.

Le, Marry. “How American Samoa became "American".” YouTube, 28 Sept. 2015, youtu.be/ORmsvmABl2.com