The Tripartite Convention of 1899 partitioned the Samoan Islands into two parts: the eastern island group became a territory of the United States ( the Tutuila Islands in 1900 and officially Manu ' a in 1904 ) and is today known as American Samoa ; the western islands, by far the greater landmass, became known as German Samoa after Britain vacated all claims to Samoa and accepted termination of German rights in Tonga and certain areas in the Solomon Islands and West Africa.

The Tripartite Convention gave control of the islands west of 171 degrees west longitude to Germany, ( later known as Western Samoa ), containing Upolu and Savaii ( the current Samoa ) and other adjoining islands.

German interests were transferred to the United Kingdom under the Samoa Tripartite Convention of 1899, in exchange for recognition of the German claim to Western Samoa.

Samoa was the last German colonial acquisition in the Pacific basin, received following the Tripartite Convention signed at Washington on 2 December 1899 with ratifications exchanged on 16 February 1900.

The Samoa Tripartite Convention gave control of the islands west of 171 degrees west longitude to Germany, the eastern islands to the United States ( present-day American Samoa ) and the United Kingdom was compensated with other territories in the Pacific and West Africa.

In the late 1800s, rivalry between the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom resulted in the Tripartite Convention ( 1899 ) that formally partitioned the Samoan archipelago into a German colony ( German Samoa ) and a United States territory ( American Samoa ).

The international convention occurred on the brink of World War I. Forerunners to the Tripartite Convention of 1899 were the Washington Conference of 1887, the Treaty of Berlin of 1889, and the Anglo-German Agreement on Samoa of 1899.

The division of the Samoan Islands as a result of the Tripartite Convention of 1899 assigned the western islands to Germany ( independent Samoa today ) and Eastern Samoa to the United States ( American Samoa today ).

Forerunners to the Tripartite Convention of 1899 were the Washington Conference of 1887, the Treaty of Berlin of 1889 and the Anglo-German Agreement on Samoa of 1899.

The Secretary promulgated the Constitution of American Samoa which was approved by a Constitutional Convention of the people of American Samoa and a majority of the voters of American Samoa voting at the 1966 election, and came into effect in 1967.

The petition, which lead to the formation of a joint select committee to investigate the situation in Samoa, quoted an ancient Samoan proverb: " We are moved by love, but never driven by intimidation.

These three sources of revenue — tourism, private transfers, and official transfers — allow Samoa to cover its persistently large trade deficit.

* March 15 – A German naval force shells a village in Samoa, destroying some American property ; three American warships enter the Samoan harbor and prepare to fire on the three German warships found there.

The three were assigned to the Third Marines in Samoa until Adams was sent as a replacement to the Battle of Guadalcanal, where he was the only survivor of his platoon.

The Samoan Islands — today divided into Samoa and American Samoa — were west of the date line until 1892, when King Malietoa Laupepa was persuaded by American traders to adopt the American date, being three hours behind California, to replace the former Asian date, being four hours ahead of Japan.

The formal title of the post was American Land Commissioner in Samoa, one of three representatives ( of the United States, Germany, and Great Britain ) responsible for adjudicating land claims by foreigners in the islands, as provided for in the Treaty of Berlin ( 1889 ).

The National Park of American Samoa is a national park on the American territory of American Samoa, distributed across three separate islands: Tutuila, Ofu-Olosega, and Ta ‘ ū.

* On 13 January 1970 at 02: 54 local time, Polynesian Airlines Flight 208B, which was operated by a Douglas C-47B ( registered 5W-FAC ), crashed into the sea shortly after take-off from Faleolo International Airport on an international non-scheduled passenger flight to Pago Pago International Airport, American Samoa, killing the 29 passengers and three crew on board.

The Government of Samoa supports conservation covenants for three natural areas on Savai ' i, the Falealupo Rainforest Preserve, Tafua Rainforest Preserve and Aopo Cloud Forest Reserve.

Despite losing every game, 14-29 vs Australia, 26-41 vs New Zealand and 24-38 vs South Africa, they were impressive in all three tests and played full strength teams, something that rarely happens when major nations play Tonga, Fiji or Samoa.

he appeared as the third of three challengers to Samoa Joe as a part of Kevin Nash's challenge.

The three wins were over Samoa, Japan and Italy.

ANZ ASB has three branches in American Samoa.

Within a mere three or four centuries between about 1300 and 900 BC, the Lapita culture spread 6000 km further to the east from the Bismarck Archipelago, until it reached as far as Tonga and Samoa.

In ROH, Punk faced off against ROH World Champion Samoa Joe for the championship in a three match series.

Since moving to Canada in 1980, Hossein Amanat, a Bahá ' í himself, designed the three administrative buildings on the Bahá ' í Arc in Haifa, Israel, the Bahá ' í House of Worship in Samoa., the Jiang ’ an Library for the Sichuan University, the media library for the Beijing Broadcasting Institute.

He used to freestyle rap along with his close friends John Cena and Samoa Joe while the three of them were on the road in UPW.

By the end of the 19th century, the failure of the arrangement was freely admitted by the governments of the three powers since the principal protagonists in Samoa acted directly for their own interests, frequently overruling the officials of the condominium.

In September 2007, it hosted three pool matches of the 2007 Rugby World Cup: Wales vs Canada on September 9, England vs Samoa on September 22 and Wales vs Fiji on September 29.

He is best known for commanding a naval squadron which was wrecked with three German warships at Apia, Samoa in 1889.

But because they had finished, they went into a repechage match with three other teams, Wales, USA and Samoa.

The Wing's three squadrons were located at Midway, Ewa and Samoa with the headquarters at MCAS Ewa.

There are over 100, 000 members attending over 2, 000 congregations throughout the world, most of which are located in Samoa, American Samoa, New Zealand, Australia and America.

The denomination has the highest percentage presence in the nations of Cape Verde ( where its members constitute 2. 5 % of the population ); Samoa ( 1. 88 % of the population ); Haiti ( 1. 28 % of the population ); Barbados ( 1. 0 % of the population ); and Swaziland ( 0. 96 % of the population ).

Pacific Islands leaders, all members of the Pacific Islands Forum, at a meeting in Samoa with former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ( center ), 26 July, 2008

The expedition's naturalist and chaplain, Father Reçeveur, died in February after a skirmish the previous December in Samoa with the inhabitants, in which Langle, commander of Astrolabe and 12 other members of the French expedition were killed.

As well as deposing members of the Malo o Samoa, Solf called in two German warships as a show of strength.

The Frontline also had to deal with problems with The Motor City Machineguns, who showed little respect to the other members, and gang style attacks on members, such as Petey Williams, Brother Ray, and Samoa Joe, from the Mafia.

He and fellow 2011 inductee Brian Lima of Samoa are the first members of the IRB Hall from nations outside of the traditional top tier of the sport.

The bishops in U. S. insular areas in the Pacific Ocean — the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Territory of American Samoa, and the Territory of Guam — are members of the Episcopal Conference of the Pacific ( Latin, Conferentia Episcopalis Pacifici ).

The bishops in U. S. insular areas in the Pacific Ocean — the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Territory of American Samoa, and the Territory of Guam — are members of the Episcopal Conference of the Pacific ( Latin, Conferentia Episcopalis Pacifici ).

The Samoa Rugby Union informed fellow Alliance members Fiji and Tonga that it has decided to quit the alliance because the merged Pacific Island team had failed to produce financial benefits sought by member unions.

New Zealand-based band Te Vaka is composed of Tokelauans living in New Zealand, and also has members from Tuvalu and Samoa.

Samoa Rugby Union were formerly members of the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance ( PIRA ) along with Fiji and Tonga.

On July 11 at Victory Road, Styles and Kazarian became the first official members of Fortune by defeating Samoa Joe and Rob Terry in a tag team match.

They are members of the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance ( PIRA ) along with Fiji and Samoa.

There are also members of other religions such as Islam and the Baha ' i Faith ; the shared estimate of the Bahá ' í population in Samoa circa 2000 according to a profile by the World Council of Churches and the online encyclopedia Encarta was 2 % of the nation — some 3600 people — and the only non-Christian community of any number.

The sport is governed by the Samoa Rugby Football Union, who are members of the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance, and thus, also contribute to the international Pacific Islanders rugby union team.

They are members of the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance ( PIRA ) along with Fiji and Samoa.

Ideas of the family in Samoa and Polynesia are markedly different from Western constructions of family, and include all the members of a sa, or a communal family within the fa ' amatai family systems.

They have members in every state in the U. S., in Puerto Rico, American Samoa and on US military bases in several other countries.