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Located in the Central Pacific ocean. It consists of easternmost islands of Micronesia. It is about 70 sq miles of land in about 750,000 sq miles of ocean
-Kyle

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The economics of the marshall Islands are very poor. They are well funded in disaster control like in 2016 the US gave $2.5 million in a drought. And the US will give $70 million every year to help with the financials of the marshall Islands. But without the US they would fail
-Justin

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Part of the Marshall Islands is a large military base while part of it is inhabited by the native people the Marshall Islands
-Justin

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Was there any opposition to U.S. control?

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Was there any opposition to U.S. control?

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The Natives of the Marshall Islands were ok with the US controlling them due to all of the benefits we gave them as well as protection. They signed a compact that put the US in control and gave us the power to use the Bikini and Enewetak islands for nuclear testing.
-Justin

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Under the constitution created in 1979, the Government consists of a president that is elected by a 33 member Parliament known as the Nitijela. There is also a council of chiefs that are mainly concerned for traditional laws and customs.
-Kyle

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The most populous atolls today are Majuro and Kwajalein, and it offers employment at the U.S. missile testing facility. Together those two islands hold more than 3/4 of the Population. The rest of the population lives on the outer islands. In 1850 the American Missionaries arrived in the Marshall islands introducing Christianity to them. Today they are predominantly Christian. Mainly everyone there today speaks only English.
-Kyle

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https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/26551.htm

https://www.britannica.com/place/Marshall-Islands

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It was previously controlled by Japan, but after WWll we took it over in 1944. After the populations were moved we used the Bikini and Enewetak atolls as official U.S. Nuclear testing sites.
-Kyle

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Even though the USA took over The republic of the Marshall Islands the natives were ok with the US controlling them due to the US having a low impact in their day to day lives and would protect them from dangers as well as letting them have foreign affairs and not needing visas to head to America. The only rules they had to follow were not to fight against the US or allied countries of the US.
-Justin