Annexation of American Samoa

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:administeredBy U.S. Navy (initially)
gptkbp:category History of American Samoa
United States territorial acquisitions
gptkbp:date April 17, 1900
gptkbp:formedBy Treaty of Cession of Tutuila
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Annexation of American Samoa
gptkbp:involvedCountry gptkb:Germany
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:location gptkb:American_Samoa
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Samoan_Civil_War
gptkbp:recognizedBy U.S. Congress (1929)
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Tripartite_Convention_of_1899
gptkbp:relatedTo Partition of the Samoan Islands
gptkbp:resultedIn American Samoa becoming a U.S. territory
gptkbp:signedBy local chiefs of Tutuila
gptkbp:significance Established U.S. sovereignty over eastern Samoan islands
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:US_expansionism
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7