Immigrated to Guam and Puerto Rico

After World War II, the United States became the fourth largest territorial power in the world with 50 states, only next to Russian, Canadian and China. The United States is also the most powerful country in the world today, so many regions want to join the United States and become a state of the United States. According to common sense, the bigger the territory, the better. Why was it decisively rejected by the United States?

Puerto Rico is currently an autonomous region of the United States, but it is not the mainland of the United States. In recent years, Puerto Rico has held many referendums to apply for membership in the United States. In the recent referendum, 95% of the residents joined the United States. Although Puerto Ricans are enthusiastic, the United States is not interested in their foreman at all, and directly refuses them to join the United States. If they join the United States, the American government will be responsible for helping them repay their debts. But American capitalists are not fools. They don't want to be their cash machines and cash cows at all, so they have repeatedly rejected Puerto Rico's request to join the United States. Puerto Rico values American money, and the United States values Puerto Rico's geographical position in the Caribbean, so it can be regarded as a relationship of taking what it needs and using each other.

Dominica has a total area of 48,700 square kilometers and a total population of10.44 million. It is also located at the junction of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, bordering Puerto Rico in the east and Haiti in the west. Dominica was occupied by Spain, France, Haiti and the United States in history. 1869, Dominica asked to join the United States, hoping that the United States would help them repay the debt of $6.5438+0.5 million. Although $654.38+$5,000 is not much for the United States, the United States refused their request.

Guam is located in the western Pacific Ocean, bordering the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to the north. Guam is an unofficial territory of the United States. Although Guamanians have always wanted to become a state of the United States, they have never become full members because of the refusal of the United States, so they can only be regarded as second-class citizens of the United States. Guam was occupied by Spain and Japan, and occupied by the United States in World War II until today. Today, Guam is the strategic fulcrum of the United States in the western Pacific, with apra Naval Base and Anderson Air Force Base on the island. Although Guam is very important to the United States, American capitalists do not buy it, and joining the United States has a long way to go. American Samoa covers an area of about 199 square kilometers with a total population of 67,000.

American Samoa is located in the central and western Pacific Ocean and is an unincorporated territory of the United States. It was ruled by Britain, Germany and the United States successively, and was completely under the jurisdiction of the United States from 65438 to 0904. Compared with Puerto Rico, the Federated States of the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam, American Samoa is the worst. The other three places are at least second-class citizens of the United States, and the artistic appearance, even without the ring, can only be regarded as third-class citizens at best, that is, the modern version of the colony. American Samoa has always wanted to join and become a state of the United States. With the end of World War II, the strategic position of American Samoa has gradually declined, and the value of this region to the United States has become smaller and smaller, so the United States is unwilling to give them the rights of second-class citizens, and even less willing to become a state of the United States. Generally speaking, these areas that want to join the United States have a total area of only 59,000 square kilometers, which is not very important for the vast United States. Therefore, the United States only needs their geographical location, and does not want them to become American States to take advantage.