L24: Nationalism and Self-Determination Flashcards
When was UN Resolution 1514 established?
1960
What did UN Resolution 1514 state?
- “All peoples have an inalienble right to complete freedom, the exercise of their sovereignity of their national territory.”
** Declaration on the Granting of independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples
How many Constitutional Conventions did Guam have?
2
When was Guam’s 1st Constitutional Convention?
1969-70
What did the Guam’s 1st Constitutional Convention do?
- reviewed Guam’s Organic Act
- called for Governor elections (1970) and Congress delegate elections (1973)
- raised land issues
- call to write a constitution
- Immigration “threatenig way of life”
When was Guam’s 2nd Constitutional Convention?
1977-78
What did Guam’s 2nd Constitutional Convention do?
- tasked to write Guam’s constitution
- 32 delegates
- US Congress limited Guam constitution to remain “within the existing territorial-federal relationship”
When was the Guam Constitution vote held?
August 4, 1979
What was the majority vote for Guam’s constitution?
No (10,747/81.7%)
When was the Commission on Self-Determination (CSD) eatablished?
1980
What was the purpose of Guam’s Commission on Self-Determination?
- pursue self-determination for Guam
- created Task Forces: commonwealth, free association, independence, statehood, status quo
When was the run-off election for the self-determination vote?
September 1982
What was the majority vote during the September 1982 Run-off?
Commonwealth (73%)
When was the Draft Commonwealth Act proposed?
1984
What was the goal of the Draft Commonwealth Act?
- replace Unincorporated Territory status with Commonwealth status
** replace Guam’s Organic Act - attain greater measure of self-government for Guam
