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1801
Guerrilla leader Toussaint Louverture conquers Haiti aboloshing slavery and declaring himself govener general of all of Hispaniola. -
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1804
Haiti becomes independent, Jean-Jacques becomes emperor. -
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1806
Emperor Jean-Jacques Dessalines is assassinated and Haiti is divided into black controlled north and mulato ruled south. -
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1818
Pierre Boyer unifies Haiti, but excludes blacks from power -
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1915
The US invades Haiti causing more friction with the mulato’s -
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1934
The US withdraws its troops but still keeps control until 1947 -
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1956
“Papa Doc” Duvalier comes into power by way of a coup -
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1964
“Papa Doc” becomes permanent ruler -
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1971
Papa Doc dies and his son Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” takes control -
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1990
Jean-Bertrand Aristide elected president in Haiti’s first free and peaceful poles -
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1990
Haiti has lots of government unstable -
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2004
US led coup against Aristide -
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2006
Rene Preval is president -
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2010
7.0 Earthquake destroyed the capital of Port-au-Prince crippling a region which had already been ravaged by storms over the past 3 years.