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	Tonga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tonga was united into a Polynesian kingdom in 1845 by the ambitious young warrior, strategist, and orator Taufa'ahau.
		Tonga's education system is free and mandatory for all children up to age twelve, with very nominal fees for secondary education, and foreign-funded scholarships for post-secondary education.
		Tonga's economy is characterized by a large nonmonetary sector and a heavy dependence on remittances from the half of the country's population that lives abroad, chiefly in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tonga (2307 words)

	Tonga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Tonga is an archipelago in the southern Pacific Ocean, about a third of the way between New Zealand and Hawaii.
		Tonga is the only monarchy in the Pacific, and the constitutionally mandated power of the Tongan monarchs is greater than that of the English monarchs.
		The Tonga islands, described above, settled by the ancestors of all Polynesians, the Lapita.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/t/to/tonga.html (1316 words)

	History of Tonga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The history of Tonga stretches back to around roughly 4000B.C. when the Polynesians arrived.
		This was part of the Austronesian expansion that spread people from southeastern Asia across the Pacific to the east and across the Indian Ocean to Madagascar and eastern Africa in the west.
		Tonga acquired its independence in 1970 and became a member of the Commonwealth.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Tonga (830 words)

	Tonga - Wikipedia
		Tonga has an excellent education system which is free and mandatory for all children up to age twelve, with very nominal fees for secondary education, and foreign-funded scholarships for post-secondary education.
		Following the precedents of Queen Salote, and with numerous international advisors, the government of Tonga under King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV has monetized the economy, internationalized the medical and education system, and enabled access by commoners to increasing forms of material wealth (houses, cars, and other commodoties), education, and overseas travel.
		The temperature increases from 23ºC to 27ºC (74ºF to 80ºF), and the annual rainfall is from 170 to 297 centimeters (67–117 in.) as one moves from Tongatapu in the south to the more northerly islands closer to the Equator.
	no.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tonga (2095 words)

	Tonga: history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		According to oral tradition, the first Tui Tonga (ruler, Son of the Creator) of the islands was Aholitu in the second half of the 10th century.
		Tongaâs economy suffers from serious inflation, with a high level of unemployment, despite emigration, and a substantial trade deficit.
		The King of Tonga granted research rights to an Australian company in December 2000 to study the genes of the island's 108,000 inhabitants in exchange for the benefits of the research to be applied free of charge to the Tongans.
	gbgm-umc.org /country_profiles/country_history.cfm?Id=167 (914 words)

	A short history of Tonga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Tonga concludes a treaty of friendship and protection with Britian in 1900 and came under British protection.
		It consists of nine nobles who are elected by the 33 hereditary nobles of Tonga and nine people's representatives elected by universal adult suffrage for 3-year terms as well 12 royal appointed cabinet ministers.
		Tonga is not a democracy; the people do not have the right to change their government through elections, although they can elect a minority of members of parliament.
	www.electionworld.org /history/tonga.htm (349 words)

	MSN Encarta - Tonga (country)
		The highest point in Tonga is Mount Kao (1,030 m/3,379 ft), a volcano forming Kao Island in the Ha’apai group.
		The population of Tonga (2005 estimate) is 112,422, giving the country an overall population density of 157 persons per sq km (406 per sq mi).
		At 99.6 percent, Tonga’s literacy rate is among the highest in the Pacific.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761564527 (1026 words)

	TONGA, history & surrounding
		Tonga has a proud history stretching back for more than a 1,000 years, but the written recorded history began in 1616 with the arrival of Dutch navigators Schoutn and Lemaire, followed by Abel Tasman in 1643, Captain Wallis in 1767 and Captain James Cook in 1773, 1774 and 1777.
		The Mutiny on the Bounty occurred in Tongan waers in 1789.
		The Kingdom of Tonga is one of the remaining constitutional monarchies.
	www.fiat.to /t1/to02-e.htm (311 words)

	History. (from Tonga) -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Tonga's total land area of 290 square miles (750 square kilometres) is dispersed between...
		Tonga's closest neighbors are Fiji, Samoa, and Niue.
		History is a science—a branch of knowledge that uses specific methods and tools to achieve its goals.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-7337?tocId=7337 (932 words)

	Tonga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Tonga is a Pacific Island country consisting of more than 150 islands that are spread over 140,000 square miles of the Pacific Ocean.
		Tonga - This shows a map of of islands that are part of Tonga.
		Tonga - There is a brief history of Tonga and links to other information as well.
	www.slc.k12.ut.us /webweavers/lindam/listtonga.html (245 words)

	Tonga History & Tonga Culture \| iExplore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The adoption of Christianity by the ruling family – which followed the arrival of Methodist missionaries in the 1820s – and an overall policy of accommodation with the British - then the principal imperial power in the area - meant that the islands were not formally colonized.
		Agriculture is the strongest part of Tonga's economy, producing coconuts, vanilla and pumpkins as cash crops, and a variety of fruit, vegetables and nuts for domestic consumption.
		Tonga is a member of the South Pacific Forum and the South Pacific Commission.
	nyt.iexplore.com /dmap/Tonga/History (807 words)

	History of Tonga
		Archaeological evidence indicates that the Tonga islands have been settled since at least 500 B.C., and local traditions have carefully preserved the names of the Tongan sovereign for about 1,000 years.
		Tonga concluded a treaty of friendship and protection with the United Kingdom in 1900 and came under British protection.
		Tonga acquired its independence in 1970 and became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
	infotut.com /geography/Tonga (745 words)

	Planet Tonga
		Mind you, the political expansion of the Tu’i Tonga empire was not at all smooth, for its stability and growth went through both assistance and resistance by means of alliance-formation and series of wars.
		While the Tu’i Tonga were firmly secured in their divine realm, both the Tu’i Ha’atakalaua and Tu’i Kanokupolu became target of much political contestation mainly from within Tonga, as many of them were renowned for being highly oppressive rulers.
		Basically, his agenda was to counter head-on the hegemony of the Tu’i Tonga and supremacy of many of the dominant Kanokupolu chiefs, who were considered as real obstacles in the way of his political campaign for the unification of the whole of Tonga.
	planet-tonga.com /language_journal/Emancipation_in_Tonga/index.shtml (2090 words)

	Tonga Defence Services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Tonga participated in World War I, as part of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.
		As of July 2004, the Royal Tonga Marines were augmenting the 1st Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq.
		Tonga first served with the 1st MEF on the Solomon Island during World War II.
	www.1bx.com /en/Tonga_Defence_Services.htm (529 words)

	Pacific Island Books : Tonga
		In The Arty of Tonga, Keith St Cartmail's achievement is to draw together all the strands of this island kingdom's material culture into a single volume...
		Tonga is renowned as a center of excellence for both mat making and the production of fine bark cloth.
		Tonga was never colonized by any of the colonial powers during the great carve-up of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
	www.pacificislandbooks.com /tonga.htm (560 words)

	Kingdom of Tonga
		This has left Tonga as the last great unspoiled holiday destination of the South Pacific and it is going to stay unspoiled for the visitor who comes to Tonga to see something different, authentic and something that no other place has.
		But the Kingdom of Tonga still remains far away from it all; still different, still alone and to the joy of those who find their way to her – essentially unspoiled.
		Tonga’s craftsmen and women are famed for their skill as weavers, mulberry tree bark cloth makers and wood carvers.
	www.sunvacationsfiji.com /south_pacific/tonga/packs/about_tonga.htm (1749 words)

	Encyclopedia: History of Tonga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This was part of the Austronesian expansionthat spread people from southeastern Asia across the Pacific to the east and across the Indian Ocean to Madagascar and eastern Africa in the west.
		Abel Janszoon Tasman (1603 - 1659) was a Dutch seafarer and explorer, born in Lutjegast, a village in the province of Groningen, best known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644, in the service of the VOC (Dutch East India Company).
		Flag of the Commonwealth of Nations The Commonwealth of Nations is a voluntary association of independent sovereign states, most of which were once governed by the United Kingdom and are its former colonies.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/History-of-Tonga (1223 words)

	History of Tonga -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		By the (Click link for more info and facts about Eighteenth Century) Eighteenth Century, Tonga had unified under tribal leaders and had forged a maritime empire that included conquered parts of (An independent state within the British Commonwealth located on the Fiji Islands) Fiji.
		Tonga acquired its independence in 1970 and became a member of (Click link for more info and facts about the Commonwealth) the Commonwealth.
		The king, born on July 4, 1919, continues to have ultimate control of the government, despite recent health concerns, financial blunders, and a call for (A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them) democracy.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hi/history_of_tonga.htm (431 words)

	Tonga : In Depth : History \| Frommers.com
		Under subsequent tuis, Tonga became a power in Polynesia; its large war canoes loaded with fierce warriors conquered and dominated the Samoas and the eastern islands of present-day Fiji.
		He made peace with Fiji, took a wife of the incumbent Tui Tonga as his own, and declared himself to be the new Tui Tonga.
		King George II died in 1918 and was succeeded by his daughter, the 6-foot-2-inch Queen Salote (her name is the Tongan transliteration of Charlotte).
	www.frommers.com /destinations/tonga/3039020044.html (1563 words)

	Tonga Travel Guide, History- Tonga.Islands-Pictures.com
		The first Europeans to set foot in Tonga were the Dutch in the early 1600s, followed by the English in the mid-1700's, including Captain James Cook who first dubbed Tonga 'The Friendly Isles'.
		In 1875, the three chiefly lines that had dominated Tonga for so long were consolidated into a single monarchy under George Tupou I, whose grandson is today's king.
		Tonga is the only South Pacific country never to have been colonised.
	www.tonga.islands-pictures.com /travel_guide/tonga_history.cfm (241 words)

	AllRefer.com - Tonga : History (Pacific Islands Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Archaeological evidence indicates that the islands of Tonga were settled as early as 900
		Tonga remained self-governing, with the British responsible for foreign and defense affairs.
		Tonga is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/T/Tonga-history.html (345 words)

	Tonga: History
		The prevalence of diabetes in the Kingdom of Tonga.
		Tongan Anglicans, 1902-2002: From the Church of England Mission in Tonga to the Tongan Anglican Church.
		Dealing with the dark side in the ethnography of childhood: child punishment in Tonga.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0861590.html (442 words)

	Tonga History Facts & Timeline
		The Tonga History Timeline & Facts is full of interesting facts and information about the bygone times of the Tonga Nation.
		The Tonga History Timeline & Facts outlines and records all of the critical and major incidents in the history of the nation.
		We believe that the concise Tonga History Timeline & Facts is full of interesting facts and information about the bygone times of the Tonga Nation.
	www.facts-about.org.uk /history-and-events-timeline-tonga.htm (275 words)

	Tonga Online - History
		Archeologists have established that the islands of Tonga have been settled since at least 500 years before the birth of Christ - a beginning which today is known only in mythology.
		The recorded history of this last of the Pacific Kingdoms began in 1616 with the arrival of the Dutch Navigators Schouten and Lemaire and the journey from mythology to the majesty of today is a chronicle of one of the world’s most interesting corners.
		True, Tonga had its own law for centuries; it was unwritten but clearly understood; finding it’s expression in the concept of the taboo.
	www.idiom.com /~gford/tonga/history.html (1205 words)

	Tonga -> History on Encyclopedia.com 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Tonga files suit to recover $26 million it entrusted to `court jester'.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
		Un joueur du Tonga plaque un joueur français lors de la dernière Coupe du monde de rugby à XIII Une Fédération européenne.
		MALI, Tongo: A ceremonial greeting for visitors to Tonga Tonga involves guns being fired in the air.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/tonga_history.asp (702 words)

	History (from Tonga) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Tonga was first inhabited about 3,000 years ago by Austronesian-speaking people, who made elaborately decorated Lapita ware.
		Tonga was ruled by a line of sacred kings and queens, the Tu'i Tonga.
		About 1470 the reigning Tu'i Tonga transferred his temporal powers to his brother under the title of Tu'i Ha'a Takalaua.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-54091?tocId=54091 (941 words)

	Tonga Flag
		The Meaning and History of the Tonga Flag - The Tongan flag was originally identical flag to that of the Red Cross organisation.
		The flag of Tonga was adopted on November 4, 1975
		A Flag of Tonga, when in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem of display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning in private with all due care and respect
	www.flags-flags-flags.org.uk /tonga-flag.htm (1106 words)

	Tonga
		The current royal dynasty of Tonga was founded in 1831 by Taufa'ahau Tupou, who took the name George I. He consolidated the kingdom by conquest and in 1875 granted a constitution.
		Tonga - Tonga, officially Kingdom of Tonga, island kingdom (1995 est.
		Tonga files suit to recover $26 million it entrusted to `court jester'.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108042.html (578 words)

	Tonga map and information page by World Atlas
		Tonga, a constitutional monarchy, is the only South Pacific country never to have been colonized by a foreign power, and in fact, the kingship has been handed down through many generations, beginning in the 10th century.
		There are four island groups including the mostly low-lying Tongatapu group, the volcanic and coral Ha'apai group; the flat coral islands of the Vava'u group, and the volcanic Niuas group in the far north.
		Note that Tonga seasons are just the opposite of those in the Northern Hemisphere, as Spring is (Sept-Nov), Summer is (Dec-Feb), Fall is (Mar-May) and Winter is (Jun-Aug).
	www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/oceania/to.htm (399 words)

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