The islands then remained under Japanese control until captured by the United States in 1944 during World War II. The TTPI entered UN trusteeship pursuant to Security Council Resolution 21 on July 18, 1947, and was designated a "strategic area" in its 1947 trusteeship agreement.
The school, later known as Pohnpei Island Central School (PICS), is now Bailey Olter High School. Palau Intermediate School, established in 1946, became Palau High School in 1962 as it added senior high grades.
The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI) was a United Nations trust territory in Micronesia administered by the United States from 1947 to 1994. ==History== Spain initially claimed the islands that later composed the territory of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI).
The islands then remained under Japanese control until captured by the United States in 1944 during World War II. The TTPI entered UN trusteeship pursuant to Security Council Resolution 21 on July 18, 1947, and was designated a "strategic area" in its 1947 trusteeship agreement.
At that time, the population inhabited less than 100 out of 2,141 of the Marshall, Mariana, and Caroline Islands. ==Education== In 1947 the Mariana Islands' Teacher Training School (MITTS), a normal school serving all areas of the Trust Territory, opened in Guam.
It moved to Chuuk in 1948, to be more central in the Trust Territory, and was renamed Pacific Islands' Teacher Training School (PITTS).
The United States Navy controlled the TTPI from a headquarters in Guam until 1951, when the United States Department of the Interior took over control, administering the territory from a base in Saipan. The Territory contained 100,000 people scattered over a water area the size of continental United States.
The school moved to Pohnpei in 1959.
From the late 1960s to the middle of the 1970s, several public high schools were built and/or received additions in the Trust Territory.
The school, later known as Pohnpei Island Central School (PICS), is now Bailey Olter High School. Palau Intermediate School, established in 1946, became Palau High School in 1962 as it added senior high grades.
and Palau agreed to establish the latter's independence on October 1. ==Geography== In 1969, the 100 occupied islands comprised over an area of of sea.
The population decreased to 100,000 by 1969 due to emigration, war, and disease.
From the late 1960s to the middle of the 1970s, several public high schools were built and/or received additions in the Trust Territory.
The remainder of the islands maintained their traditional way of life and infrastructure. A Congress of Micronesia first levied an income tax in 1971.
It affected mainly foreigners working at military bases in the region. On October 21, 1986, the U.S.
administration of the Chuuk, Yap, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and the Mariana Islands districts of the TTPI soon followed on November 3, 1986.
The Security Council formally ended the trusteeship for the Chuuk, Yap, Kosrae, Pohnpei, Mariana Islands, and Marshall Islands districts on December 22, 1990 pursuant to Security Council Resolution 683.
The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI) was a United Nations trust territory in Micronesia administered by the United States from 1947 to 1994. ==History== Spain initially claimed the islands that later composed the territory of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI).
On May 25, 1994, the Council ended the trusteeship for the Palau District pursuant to Security Council Resolution 956, after which the U.S.
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