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The polynesians habited Samoa over 3000 years ago.
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The arrival of the europeans increased the influence from countries like the UK, Germany or the US.
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Samoa was divided between Germany and the US.
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The German part of Samoa became a colony in the begginning of the 20th century.
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When World War 1 happened, New Zealand (a Brittish colony at that time) occupated Samoa.
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Even though the situation was more stable than before, the Samoans still fought against the government. One of the big but pacific manifestations that they did turned violent and resulted in a lot of deaths and severely injured people. It was a very important day in Samoan history.
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Samoa became independant the 1st of January of 1962.
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