Hanson was the 28th Governor of American Samoa, serving from 1938 to 1940. In 1940, it would celebrate its 40th anniversary under the American flag. Now American Samoa was essentially complete and became a Protectorate of the United States. On April 17, 1900, the Treaty of Cession of Tutuila was signed between several chiefs of the island of Tutuila and the United States, whereby the chiefs on that island swore allegiance to, and ceded the island of Tutuila to, the United States. In return, Germany gave up claims it had in Africa to Britain. Just before the turn of the 20th century, international rivalries between Britain, Germany and the United States were settled by the Tripartite Convention that partitioned the Samoan Islands into two parts: the eastern island group became a territory of the United States today known as American Samoa the western islands became known as German Samoa (they are now the nation of Samoa).
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