It was occupied by Japanese troops in September, 1914, and passed to the Japanese Empire under the Versailles Treaty in 1919 as a mandated territory under League of Nations supervision.
It was occupied by Japanese troops in September, 1914, and passed to the Japanese Empire under the Versailles Treaty in 1919 as a mandated territory under League of Nations supervision.
US commercial rights on the island were secured by a special US-Japanese treaty to that effect, concluded on February 11, 1922. ==Empire of Japan== During World War I, many of the German possessions in the Pacific were conquered by Japan, who fought on the side of the Allies of World War I and was active in the Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I. The Empire of Japan administrated the islands from 1920 under the South Seas Mandate granted by the League of Nations.
US commercial rights on the island were secured by a special US-Japanese treaty to that effect, concluded on February 11, 1922. ==Empire of Japan== During World War I, many of the German possessions in the Pacific were conquered by Japan, who fought on the side of the Allies of World War I and was active in the Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I. The Empire of Japan administrated the islands from 1920 under the South Seas Mandate granted by the League of Nations.
In February 1944, Operation Hailstone, one of the most important naval battles of the war, took place at Truk, in which many Japanese support vessels and aircraft were destroyed. World War II brought an abrupt end to the relative prosperity experienced during Japanese civil administration. ==Trusteeship== The United Nations created the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI) in 1947.
In February 1944, Operation Hailstone, one of the most important naval battles of the war, took place at Truk, in which many Japanese support vessels and aircraft were destroyed. World War II brought an abrupt end to the relative prosperity experienced during Japanese civil administration. ==Trusteeship== The United Nations created the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI) in 1947.
The history of the modern Federated States of Micronesia is one of settlement by Micronesians; colonization by Spain, Germany, and Japan; United Nations trusteeship under United States-administered Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; and gradual independence beginning with the ratification of a sovereign constitution in 1979. ==Pre-Colonial History== The Austronesian ancestors of the Micronesians settled there over 4,000 years ago.
As Trustee the US was to "promote the economic advancement and self-sufficiency of the inhabitants." ==Independence== On May 10, 1979, four of the Trust Territory districts ratified the Constitution of the Federated States of Micronesia.
This relationship may have helped the Yapese sail to Palau for quarrying the Rai stones, the stone currency disks carved from crystalline calcite still used today in cultural transactions. Although this unique relationship with Gagil and the outer islands may appear exploitative, researchers such as Lessa (1950, pp.43, 52; 1986, p.35) and Lingenfelter (p.147) maintain that the relationship was mostly mutual and, in most cases, was more beneficial to the Carolinians than to the Yapese.
The FSM signed a Compact of Free Association with the U.S., which entered into force on November 3, 1986, marking Micronesia's emergence from trusteeship to independence.
The basic relationship of free association continues indefinitely. Trusteeship of the islands ended under United Nations Security Council Resolution 683, passed on December 22, 1990.
Amended financial assistance provisions came on-line in FY 2004.
The Compact was renewed in 2004. ==See also== History of Oceania President of the Federated States of Micronesia Vice President of the Federated States of Micronesia Politics of the Federated States of Micronesia Yap ==Notes== ==References== ==External links== U.S.
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