American sovereignty over Guam began with its occupation

Evidence

Michael L. Bevacqua, Chamorros, Ghosts, Non-voting Delegates: GUAM! Where the Production of America’s Sovereignty Begins (PhD dissertation, University of California, San Diego, 2010), 1, 8. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 1238

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

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• Guam is regarded as among the world’s most important military bases. (similarity 0.83)
• Chamber of commerce framed Guam as America’s only Asian sovereign asset (similarity 0.82)
• Guam’s wartime loyalty was answered with continued U.S. military rule rather than citizenship (similarity 0.81)
• Japanese occupation shaped Guam’s Chamorro self-determination today (similarity 0.81)
• U.S. territories persist as colonial relationships granting the military unmatched autonomy. (similarity 0.81)
• Chamorros have lacked self-determination for nearly five hundred years (similarity 0.81)
• Scholars documented resistance to the US military buildup on Guam (similarity 0.80)
• Guam is militarily central yet bureaucratically treated as foreign (similarity 0.80)
• Guam residents are American citizens who lack the constitutional rights of other Americans (similarity 0.79)
• The U.S. governed Guam as a colony denying constitutional rights (similarity 0.78)