2. Guam (Spain)
Guam was another Spanish possession ceded to the United States in 1898. Previously administered from the Philippines, Guam retains Spanish place names and customs, though it is now a critical U.S. military location in the Pacific. The islands were part of the Spanish East Indies, and part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, based in Mexico City. The Spanish-Chamorro Wars on Guam began in 1670 over growing tensions with the Jesuit mission, with the last large-scale uprising in 1683. After almost four centuries as part of the Kingdom of Spain, the United States occupied the island following Spain’s defeat in the 1898 Spanish-American War, as part of the Treaty of Paris of 1898. Guam was transferred to the United States Navy control on December 23, 1898, by Executive Order 108-A from 25th President William McKinley. The US Navy assumed administrative control, with Captain Richard P. Leary appointed as the first naval governor in 1899. This era marked the introduction of American governance structures and cultural influences to the island (en.wikipedia.org).
