The
United
States
____________________
Guam
on
June
21
,
2898
during
the
Spanish
-
American
War
.
The
____________________
government
was
removed
from
Guam
.
An
interregnum
period
was
a
time
of
uncertainty
and
chaos
.
Germany
purchases
the
NMI
and
the
Caroline
Islands
from
Spain
.
This
resulted
in
the
political
partition
of
Guam
and
the
____________________
.
Fritz
corrected
land
records
that
had
been
tampered
with
during
the
____________________
.
He
surveyed
public
and
private
lands
and
issued
land
registrations
.
____________________
were
not
allowed
to
own
land
.
To
increase
productivity
,
Fritz
ordered
people
to
use
their
land
or
lose
it
.
____________________
and
tax
holidays
were
offered
to
Guam
Chamorros
who
agreed
to
move
to
the
NMI
.
This
helped
increase
the
____________________
and
the
work
force
of
the
NMI
.
____________________
owned
most
of
the
private
businesses
and
held
almost
all
the
wealth
,
other
than
land
.
The
Chamorros
built
houses
similar
to
those
on
____________________
.
They
spoke
Spanish
,
understood
the
law
and
practiced
the
Catholic
religion
.
They
wore
clothes
made
of
cloth
imported
from
the
____________________
,
just
as
they
had
in
Guam
.
Many
had
guns
and
hunted
deer
,
wild
pigs
and
other
animals
in
the
jungle
.
The
Carolinians
had
____________________
most
of
their
old
customs
since
their
arrival
in
the
NMI
in
the
early
1800's
.
They
made
____________________
for
men
who
still
wore
loincloths
and
the
women
wore
lavalavas
.
They
continued
to
perform
their
traditional
dances
and
songs
.
Carolinians
____________________
earlier
and
,
generally
,
had
more
children
than
Chamorros
.
Fritz
established
a
locally
conscripted
____________________
and
free
,
compulsory
public
education
,
bringing
the
Chamorros
and
Carolinians
into
regular
contact
with
each
other
.
Carolinians
were
forced
to
learn
Chamorro
in
school
.
The
____________________
language
was
forbidden
.
Everyone
was
now
required
to
learn
German
.
Many
Chamorros
learned
how
to
read
and
write
in
German
and
traveled
to
other
islands
to
work
.
Improving
public
____________________
conditions
was
a
____________________
priority
for
Fritz
.
New
sources
were
discovered
for
drinking
water
.
More
babies
survived
and
people
lived
longer
.
The
people
were
vaccinated
against
small
____________________
.
At
the
beginning
of
the
German
administration
,
Saipan
and
Rota
had
____________________
economies
.
People
traded
tobacco
,
rice
and
other
commodities
for
what
they
needed
.
Fritz
tried
to
create
a
cash
economy
.
He
urged
people
to
exchange
their
old
Spanish
____________________
for
German
marks
.
Copra
was
the
main
export
commodity
of
the
NMI
.
Japanese
traders
controlled
most
of
the
imports
that
arrived
at
Saipan
,
and
took
away
copra
and
other
products
when
they
headed
back
to
Japan
.
Fritz
encouraged
copra
production
on
both
small
ranches
and
on
large
plantations
.
Unfortunately
,
his
efforts
were
often
frustrated
and
progress
was
impeded
by
____________________
.
In
1907
,
the
German
administration
lost
interest
in
its
plans
for
the
economic
development
of
the
NMI
.
Saipan
was
____________________
from
a
district
to
a
station
,
and
then
____________________
administratively
with
the
district
office
for
the
western
Caroline
Islands
at
Yap
.
Although
education
and
health
care
continued
to
improve
,
little
else
happened
in
the
NMI
after
George
Fritz
left
.
The
story
of
this
individual
,
George
Fritz
,
demonstrates
how
one
,
strong
,
dedicated
person
can
effect
a
____________________
.
