He was deposed from this title and exiled by American Governor Edward Stanley Kellogg because the idea of monarchy was incompatible with the Constitution of the United States.
[1] After the short reign of his sister Matelita, the title went to Tui Manuʻa Elisala (from another branch of the family).
He ceded the islands to the United States with the Treaty of Cession of Manu'a on 16 July 1904 thus becoming a part of American Samoa.
"[1] In July 1924, a group of native high chiefs within the assembly of the faletolu and anoalo elected Chris Young to the vacant title.
Kellogg also argued that the idea was incompatible with the Constitution of the United States and Young was forbidden to keep the title or return to the island of Ta‘ū.