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==Immigration into Federated States of Micronesia== | ==Immigration into Federated States of Micronesia== | ||
'''Historical affiliations:''' | |||
::*Spain Captaincy General of the Philippines 1574–1899 | |||
::*German New Guinea 1899–1914 | |||
::*Empire of Japan Imperial Japanese Navy occupation 1914–1919 | |||
::*South Seas Mandate 1919–1947 | |||
::*Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands 1947–1979 | |||
::*Federated States of Micronesia Federated States of Micronesia 1979–present | |||
*'''European explorers—first the Portuguese in search of the Spice Islands (Indonesia) and then the Spanish—reached the Carolines in the sixteenth century'''. *The Treaty of Tordesillas gave these lands to Spain and the Spanish incorporated the archipelago to the '''Spanish East Indies''' through the capital, Manila, and in the 19th century '''established a number of outposts and missions'''. | *'''European explorers—first the Portuguese in search of the Spice Islands (Indonesia) and then the Spanish—reached the Carolines in the sixteenth century'''. *The Treaty of Tordesillas gave these lands to Spain and the Spanish incorporated the archipelago to the '''Spanish East Indies''' through the capital, Manila, and in the 19th century '''established a number of outposts and missions'''. | ||
*Following defeat in the Spanish–American War, '''the Spanish sold the archipelago to Germany in 1899.''' Germany incorporated it into '''German New Guinea.''' | *Following defeat in the Spanish–American War, '''the Spanish sold the archipelago to Germany in 1899.''' Germany incorporated it into '''German New Guinea.''' |
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