The Pacific
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The Pacific
Colonial Acquisition in the Pacific/ Colonization in the Pacific:
Colonization in the Pacific began with the arrival of the first missionaries who came to spread the good news of God, the traders and whalers who came to trade and to do whaling, the prisoners and deserters who escaped ships that passed the Pacific islands on voyages, and the brave explorers who discovered other lands for their country. Then the colonial powers grew attention to the islands, wanting to claim it before others could, because of the great abundance of the mineral wealth, natural resources, and uses for strategic military purposes.
The major colonial powers during this time were: Britain, Spain, Germany, France, the United States and other places such as New Zealand and Australia.
During the 1780s to the 1890s Britain took Pitcairn, ceded Fiji, and established protectorates over South......
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