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{{Act of Villainy|perpetrator=British Empire<br>French Empire<br>Spanish Empire<br>Dutch Empire<br> | {{Act of Villainy|perpetrator=British Empire<br>French Empire<br>Spanish Empire<br>Dutch Empire<br>German Empire<br>United States government<br>[[Imperial Japan]]<br>Peruvian slave raiders<br>Chilean government<br>Australian government<br>New Zealand government|date=1521 - 1947|location=South Pacific|motive=To exploit natural resources and convert Pacific Islanders to Christianity.|crimes=Invasion<br>Forced assimilation<br>[[Slavery]]<br>[[Genocide]]<br>[[War crimes]]|Image=Colpac.png}} | ||
The '''Colonization of the Pacific Islands''' was a series of conquests of indigenous nations in the Pacific | The '''Colonization of the Pacific Islands''' was a series of conquests of indigenous nations in the South Pacific by European, American and [[Imperial Japan|Imperial Japanese]] colonial powers. The colonization of said islands resulted in the cultural destruction and population reduction of several Polynesian communities, which were often the result of blackbirding. Tonga remained the only Pacific nation to never be colonized, although it did become a British protectorate until 1970. The Pacific islands, along with Australia and New Zealand, make up the least decolonized region in the world today. | ||
== List of Atrocities == | == List of Atrocities == | ||
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=== United States === | === United States === | ||
In 1893, a party of American missionaries orchestrated a coup against Queen Liliʻuokalani and overthrew the monarchy before establishing a republic | In 1893, a party of American missionaries led by [[Lorrin Andrews Thurston]] orchestrated a coup against Queen Liliʻuokalani and overthrew the monarchy before establishing a republic the following year, despite [[Grover Cleveland]]'s efforts to stop the overthrow. Four years later, the United States under the presidency of [[William McKinley]] would officially annex Hawaii and allow American settlers to establish sugarcane plantations on the newly-incorporated territory. Hawaii would later become a U.S. state in 1959. | ||
=== [[Imperial Japan]] === | === [[Imperial Japan]] === | ||
On the island of Guam, the indigenous Chamorro people were subjected to forced assimilation into Japanese culture and were incarcerated in concentration camps. It is estimated that 10% of the indigenous population perished as a result of Japanese colonization. Their oppression would continue until the end of World War II, when the Japanese were forced to flee Guam under threat from American invasion and the island became an incorporated | On the island of Guam, the indigenous Chamorro people were subjected to forced assimilation into Japanese culture and were incarcerated in concentration camps. It is estimated that 10% of the indigenous population perished as a result of Japanese colonization. Their oppression would continue until the end of World War II, when the Japanese were forced to flee Guam under threat from American invasion and the island became an incorporated U.S. territory. | ||
[[Category:Villainous Event]] | [[Category:Villainous Event]] | ||
[[Category:United States of America]] | [[Category:United States of America]] | ||