Guam
The United States took control of the island in the 1898 Spanish-American War, as part of the Treaty of Paris. Guam was transferred to U.S. Navy control on 23 December 1898 by Executive Order 108-A. Guam came to serve as a station for American ships traveling to and from the Philippines, while the Northern Mariana Islands passed to Germany, and then to Japan. A U.S. Navy yard was established at Piti in 1899, and a marine barracks at Sumay in 1901.:13 Following the Philippine-American War, Emilio Aguinaldo and Apolinario Mabini were exiled on Guam in 1901.:vi
What happened that allowed the United States to have Guam?
Spanish-American War
The United States took control of the island in the 1898 Spanish-American War, as part of the Treaty of Paris.
Guam