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- A common political fallacy is that democracy was a babe born in Guam during the mid-20th century under American rule. The fact is that democracy had its beginning in Guam almost two centuries ago when benevolent Spanish authorities allowed the local electorates to choose their gobernadorcillos (mayors).
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Aug 9, 2017 · When the U.S. won the war, it made Guam an official U.S. territory. Guamanians, as the U.S. government calls them, are now U.S. citizens by birth. However, unlike citizens in America’s 50 states...
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- Interpretive Essay: Democracy Movement Goes Back to 1800s
- Bill of Rights For Guam
- 1936 Journey to Washington DC
- Visit with President Roosevelt
- Finally, Partial Success in 1950
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A common political fallacy is that democracy was a babe born in Guam during the mid-20th century under American rule. The fact is that democracy had its beginning in Guam almost two centuries ago when benevolent Spanish authorities allowed the local electorates to choose their gobernadorcillos(mayors). This initial test of the local population’s ab...
Thompson said little attention was paid to the civil rights of the CHamorus until 1930 when Captain Willis Winter Bradley, governor-commandant, proclaimed a Bill of Rightsfor Guam modeled after the first Ten Amendments to the US Constitution. This Bill of Rightsnever went into effect, however, because the Secretary of the Navy informed the governor...
Citizenship drives came to the fore every now and then during the 1920s and 30s but the first major step was taken in 1936 when the House of Council and the House of Assembly sent a two-man delegation to Washington, DC, to lobby for US citizenship. The delegates were Francisco B. Leon Guerrero, Guam’s political maverick of the 30s, and Baltazar J. ...
Bordallo and Leon Guerrero sought to see President Franklin D. Roosevelt. They were bearers of gifts for the President from the people of Guam and thought that a chat with the President might soften the hearts of those who opposed the citizenship bill. But despite Gibson’s persistency, the Guam delegates were unable to see Roosevelt. After several ...
The citizenship drive came to the fore again shortly after World War II and despite the reluctance of some high officials – and even some local residents. The situation was such that most American officials felt the CHamorus deserved US citizenship after two and a half years of Japanese occupation, and proving beyond a doubt their loyalty to Uncle ...
Hattori, Anne Perez. “Righting Civil Wrongs: The Guam Congress Walkout of 1949.” In Kinalamten Pulitikåt: Siñenten I Chamorro (Issues in Guam’s Political Development: The Chamorro Perspective). The Hale’-ta Series. Hagåtña: Political Status Education Coordinating Commission, 1996. Hofschneider, Penelope Bordallo. A Campaign for Political Rights on ...
In 1978 the U.S. Senate accorded Guam the right to adopt a territorial constitution. In 1982, in a referendum offering six options, the option of commonwealth status won a plurality of votes. A draft Commonwealth Act was approved in 1987, and negotiations regarding its status continued into the 21st century.
Associated Press. That Guam once again finds itself in the crosshairs of foreign adversaries is nothing new. It was 500 years ago, in 1521, when Ferdinand Magellan’s ships, weary and hungry,...
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.
Nov 28, 2023 · The basic democratic principle of government to function only by the consent of the governed, and the American tradition and history that government shall rest upon law rather than upon executive decree, did not inspire the Congress to apply these principles of democracy to Guam.
Home. Office of Insular Affairs. Islands We Serve. Guam. Political Status. Guam became a U.S. territory in 1898 and placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Navy. The Guam Organic Act of 1950 conferred U.S. citizenship on Guamanians and established the territory's government.
