An independence movement among these peoples was known as the Mau movement, drawing from their word meaning"unwavering strength," and members wore blue uniforms with white stripes.
An independence movement among these peoples was known as the Mau movement, drawing from their word meaning"unwavering strength," and members wore blue uniforms with white stripes. A civil war among these people broke out in1886 after exile of their king Laupepa led to a contest between Tamasese and Iosefo for the right to rule. That civil war waswritten about in the book A Footnote to History, by a man who resided at Villa Vailima. These peoples witnessed a namesake"crisis" when the British warship Calliope failed to make peace between two other nations - those hostilities were ended by theTripartite Convention of 1889, which stripped these people of independence and partitioned their territory after the Siege ofApia. For 10 points, name these peoples who, until 1962, had their homeland split between Germany and the United States,which still claims an American territory of these people centered at Pago Pago.
An independence movement among these peoples was known as the Mau movement, drawing from their word meaning"unwavering strength," and members wore blue uniforms with white stripes.
Samoans [orWestern Samoans or American Samoans; accept anything which implies people from Samoa]