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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.
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...
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The Chamorro people settled Guam and the Mariana islands approximately 3,500 years ago. Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, while in the service of Spain, was the first European to visit and claim the island on March 6, 1521. Guam was fully colonized by Spain in 1668.
Guam has been called by many different names—”Tånó I’ Man CHamoru (The Land of the CHamoru),” the “Hub of the Pacific,” and the “Island of Warriors,” among many others.
History. People first arrived on Guam before 1500 bce. The first settlers probably were Indonesian. Europeans arrived on the island in the early 1500s. Spain claimed Guam in 1565. Guam remained Spanish until 1898. In that year the island was a battle site in the Spanish-American War.
Nov 21, 2013 · Guam was initially inhabited by people from Indonesia, then later colonized by Spanish settlers, then finally declared a territory of the United States in 1950.
History. Guam was one of the first islands in the Pacific Ocean to be visited by the Europeans. In 1521, while leading the Spanish expedition, Ferdinand Magellan became one of the first Europeans to set foot on Guam.
