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Aug 9, 2017 · The tiny western Pacific island of Guam has been a U.S. territory for over a century, and is considered a strategically important link between the U.S. and Asia. Yet given its significance, the...
- Becky Little
The history of Guam starts with the early arrival around 2000 BC of Austronesian people known today as the Chamorro Peoples. The Chamorus then developed a "pre-contact" society, that was colonized by the Spanish in the 17th century. The present American rule of the island began with the 1898 Spanish–American War.
- Guam is part of the Mariana Islands. Sort of. Geologically, Guam is a member of the Mariana Island archipelago, a crescent-shaped line of islands in the Pacific Ocean that are all part of the same underwater mountain range.
- Guam’s original inhabitants came from Southeast Asia. The indigenous people of the Mariana Islands are called the Chamorros, and it’s believed they came to the islands around 2,000 BCE from Southeast Asia, likely Taiwan, Indonesia, or the Philippines.
- The Chamorros established a matrilineal society. The Chamorro people didn’t have a written language before European arrival. Additionally, during the era of Spanish rule, much of the original Chamorro culture was suppressed, and a number of people perished from war and disease.
- Magellan was the first European to arrive in Guam. The Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was leading a Spanish expedition for King Charles I of Spain when he arrived in Guam on March 6, 1521.
5 days ago · Guam, island and unincorporated territory of the United States in the North Pacific Ocean, the largest, most populous, and southernmost of the Mariana Islands. It lies about 5,800 miles (9,300 km) west of San Francisco and 1,600 miles (2,600 km) east of Manila. Hagåtña (Agana) is the capital.
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Few know how or why. While geographically, Guam is among the Mariana Islands, so named by Spanish missionaries in 1668, it is a separate U.S. territory from the Northern Mariana Islands, which is...
Aug 9, 2017 · Guam was claimed by Spain in 1565 and became a U.S. territory in 1898 during the Spanish-American War. Japan seized it for about 2 1/2 years during World War II. In 1950, an act of Congress...
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