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Jan 1, 1492
Columbus landed on ayiti
Claimed the islamd for spain -
Spain ceded the western third of hipaniola to france
Imported 500,000 africans to work on sugar, coffee, cotton, and indigo plantations. -
Slaves rebell all over the caribbean
The French Revolution up set the balance of power in french colonies. -
Slaves rebell
The slaves on st. Domingue rose up in rebellion, over tnrowing their masters -
Sugar And fruit expanding
Us bussiness intreset such as sugar and fruit growers were explanding south into the caribbean -
Dessalines declared independence
The new state was baptized haiti from the arawak name formthe island -
Haiti in debt
France recognized haiti in 1838 im exchange for a large payment which led to debt -
Us notices haitis slave rebellion
The us didnt notice until 1862 after the slave holding states seceded from the union -
Us marines invaded haiti
Using haitian political instability as a justification, us marines invaded haiti -
U.s investment tripled
In the rewrote the haitian constitution to permit foreigners to own land us investment in hakti tripled 1915-1930 -
Recial segregation and forced labor 1500 workers dead
Us senate investigation and when the local governement refused to turn the banco nacional into a branch of new yorks national city bank suspended the salares of the president and his ministwr os they might think again. -
America pulls out of haiti
The us finallys pulled out of haiti in 1934 leaving behind a legacy of anti American feeling. -
Francois duvalier elected president
A doctor was elected president with the support of the haitian army and the us government. -
Duvalier president for life
He created an armed militia loyal to himself the tontons macoutes . He delacred him self president for life haiti would have no more elections -
Factors weakened jean claude duvalier hold of power
Varoius powers weakened jean claude hold on power, foreign governments including the u.s under president carter, urged duvalier to ease repression. -
Papa doc died
After handing the presidecy to his 19 year old son. Jeanclaude executed few erpolitical opponents than his father. -
Disease hits
Economic conditions became steadily worse for most haitians in 1978 a disease called afican swine fever killed some of haitian pigs. To stop the spread of the disease. The us killed ofd all the hogs even the healthy ones. This for some families was not good because hog where thier only form of "cash". -
Anti communism became focused again
With the election of president reagan, anti communism became once again the focus of the u,s policy -
Extremes of poverty and wealth as it still today
Duvaliers was marked by extremes of proverty amd wealth as it still today precapita imcome was only 377$ -
Ain't government protest swept through haiti
Anti government protest swept through haitit encouraged by the church, tens of thousands of people marched in processions singing " we would rather die standing up than living on our knees" -
Election day 1987
Trucks of soldiers and tontons macoutes raced from on polling station to the next,strafing lines of voters with machine guns, by 9 am dozens of people lay dead the election was canceled. -
Election redue.
With the military rulers announced that election would be held in 1990.aristide announced his campaign. -
Aristide wins
Haitians tunred out by the thousands to vite for lavalas. Aristide won with 67% of the votes -
Hope for haitit
The arrival of the clinton administration brought hope for the haitian people and rasied expections for a quick resolution to the crisis, cliton failed to keep his promises . -
Accored at governors island signed
President aristide and the military leader , raoul, cédras signed an accord at governors island, new york.
