The French landed onto the friendly island and killed off all the major chiefs and simply took over the place right?
No. French Polynesia, of which Tahiti is the largest island, is an overseas country in France, not an overseas department. Therefore, its subdivisions, including Tahiti, are not departments.
the Louisiana Purchase
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The islands are a territory of France.
a secret treaty
Because Tahiti is a territory of France.
French is spoken in Tahiti because Tahiti is a territory of France. French colonization in the 19th century led to the establishment of French as the official language. Today, French remains widely spoken in Tahiti due to its history of colonization and ongoing ties to France.
Tahiti was became officially an overseas territory of France in 1957. Tahitians are French citizens and have the civil and political rights of France. In 1998 Tahiti was granted the right by France to rule themselves internally. Tahiti has its own president and assembly, and makes its own budget and laws.
New Caledonia is a French Territory. Wallis and Futuna, French Polynesia(Tahiti) also belongs to France as a territory.
Tonga is its own country not owned by the U.S.A.
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It is known as the special territory of Chile
No. French Polynesia, of which Tahiti is the largest island, is an overseas country in France, not an overseas department. Therefore, its subdivisions, including Tahiti, are not departments.
Tahiti is the largest island in French Polynesia, but not the only island in it.
No, it is not. The French Polynesia is a dependent territory of France and therefore lacks sovereignty (UN members must be sovereign states). French Polynesian foreign diplomatic relations are the responsibility of France.
In France, Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands.