Samoa is not and never has been a part of the U.S. You are mistaking Samoa for "American Samoa".
1900. Look up American Samoa history in wikipedia.com Only American Samoa is a US territory. Samoa is its own independent country.
April 17,1900 the American Samoa became a territory.
No, Samoa is not a part of the US, it is an independent country. Well depends on which one, it's separated. There's Western Samoa and then there's American Samoa. Western Samoa likes to call themselves Samoa. Kinda confusing.
it bacame a us territory in 1977
Can you make sense? Samoa's a country, and the US got American Samoa from the country of [Actual] Samoa, maybe?Eastern Samoa and Western Samoa (as they were referred to in colonial times) were all one country to begin with. During the 1st world war, America occupied American Samoa and Germany occupied Western Samoa. So I suppose you're right 187baby, the US got (part) of Samoa from Samoa.
American Samoa is a Trust Territory of the US, not Samoa, which was formerly Western Samoa.
Because American Samoa is not a US state. American Samoa is a US territory and as such, it can participate like a separate country. Furthermore, do note that American Samoan's are defined as US nationals and note US citizens. Think of American Samoa as boarder-line between being a US state and an independent country. It is defined as an "unorganized" US Territory.
and what year they i become a part of the us
Washington DC is part of the US but not a state, it is a district.
Samoa is part of Oceania.
Samoa is not part of any other country. It is its own independent country.
Samoa is a part of Australia & Oceania.