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  #1 Larry DelViscio on 14 Apr 11

   

  Contact with Europeans first took place in the early 18th century but did not intensify until the arrival of the British. The first man to sight the islands was a Dutchman named Jacob Roggeveen. More missionaries and traders arrived in the 1830s and halfway through the 19th century, the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States all claimed parts of the kingdom of Samoa.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Contact with Europeans first took place in the early 18th century but did not intensify until the arrival of the British. The first man to sight the islands was a Dutchman named Jacob Roggeveen. More missionaries and traders arrived in the 1830s and halfway through the 19th century, the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States all claimed parts of the kingdom of Samoa.</div>

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  #2 Larry DelViscio on 14 Apr 11

   

  The parts that were claimed by the UK, Germany, and United States were set up as trading posts. Initial relations between the Samoans and the first Europeans, Frenchmen, were sour because the Samoans had been punished for trying to steal from the French ships. When the British arrived the Samoans were still bitter over the prior relations providing them with a hostile stigma. However, when the peaceful missionaries arrived they were treated with more docile behavior.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The parts that were claimed by the UK, Germany, and United States were set up as trading posts. Initial relations between the Samoans and the first Europeans, Frenchmen, were sour because the Samoans had been punished for trying to steal from the French ships. When the British arrived the Samoans were still bitter over the prior relations providing them with a hostile stigma. However, when the peaceful missionaries arrived they were treated with more docile behavior.</div>

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  #3 Larry DelViscio on 14 Apr 11

   

  French were actually 2nd Europeans in Samoa led by Louis-Antoine de Bougainville. Dutch Roggeveen was first but did not really have any contact with the islanders.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">French were actually 2nd Europeans in Samoa led by Louis-Antoine de Bougainville. Dutch Roggeveen was first but did not really have any contact with the islanders.</div>

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