Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

Pre-UN colonial history

 * 1) Mariana Islands was sited by Portuguese on March 6, 1521.
 * 2) Palau was sighted Spaniards in 1522.
 * 3) Carolines were first discovered by Spaniards on January 20, 1526.
 * 4) Marshall Islands was sited by Spaniard in 1526.
 * 5) Colony of Spain 1565–1899.
 * 6) German colony 1884–1918.
 * 7) South Pacific Mandate of the Empire of Japan 1919–1947.

The Battle of Saipan (15 June–9 July 1944) was one of the many battles of WW2 that ook place thire and ended in an American victory.

Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI) was established pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 21. It included Bikini Atoll. It was a United Nations trust territory in Micronesia administered by the United States from 1947 to 1986.

Life in the territory
The small and sparse islands were ironically becoming little more than under developed slums. It was reconed that all that the islands contained, apart from several American bases, were- deteriorated Japanese-built roads on the bigger islands, some new American road bridges on Palau, a rudimentary electricity system, various old jetties, some WW2 war wreckage and a basic few airstrips.

The new road bridges on Palau, the spread of modern music to the island' youth and the then new electricity system were the only fun on the islands off base. American rule was benevolent as a whole, but rather neglectful to local needs off base, especially on the remoter atolls. The elders despaired and the kids began disillusioned.

The Northern Islands Municipality of the Marianas Islands are still very undeveloped. The only airstrip serves the abandoned (since 2012) island of Pagan, the rest being only accessible by boat. The former residents relied on generators for electricity and radio for communications, as do the few people visiting the other uninhabited islands to this day.

Chief of State

 * 1) 1947–1953 (first) Harry S. Truman.
 * 2) 1993–1994 (last) Bill Clinton.

High Commissioner

 * 1) 1947–1948 (first) Louis E. Denfeld.
 * 2) 1981–1987 (last) Janet J. McCoy.

Other data

 * Capital- Guam until 1951, then Saipan.
 * Languages- English (official), Micronesian languages, Marshallese, Chamorro and Palauan.
 * Taxation- Micronesia first charged an income tax no mainly foreigners working at military bases in 1971.
 * U.S. American administrative body- United States Navy controlled until 1951, then the United States Department of the Interior.
 * Economy- Agrarian subsistence farming and fishing on most islands, plus a few other business related to emergent (starting in the 1970s) tourism in the and supporting American bases (starting in the 1950s).

Modern nations
They are all in Compact of Free Association (COFA) with the USA.

Guam is part of the Marianas Islands, but not part of the TTPI and is a seperatite American dependency now.
 * 1) Marshall Islands from 1979.
 * 2) Federated States of Micronesia from 1979.
 * 3) Northern Mariana Islands from 1978.
 * 4) Palau from 1981.

Also see

 * 1) United Nations Security Council Resolution 21
 * 2) United Nations Security Council Resolution 683
 * 3) Bikini Atoll
 * 4) Islands