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History of Haiti
The recorded history of Haiti began in 1492, when the European captain and explorer Christopher Columbus landed on a large island in the region of the western Atlantic Ocean that later came to be known as the Caribbean. The western portion of the island of Hispaniola, where Haiti is situated, was inhabited by the Taíno and Arawakan people, who called their island Ayiti. The island was promptly claimed for the Spanish Crown, where it was named La Isla Española ("the Spanish Island"), later Latinized to Hispaniola. By the early 17th century, the French had built a settlement on the west of Hispaniola and called it Saint-Domingue. Prior to the Seven Years' War (1756–1763), the economy of Saint-Domingue gradually expanded, with sugar and, later, coffee becoming important export crops. After the war which had disrupted maritime commerce, the colony underwent rapid expansion. In 1767, it exported indigo, cotton and 72 million pounds of raw sugar. By the end of the century, the colony encompassed a third of the entire Atlantic slave trade.
In 1791, slaves staged a revolt which led to the Haitian Revolution. André Rigaud, leader of the revolution, forced the French to withdraw. When Toussaint Louverture declared independence in 1802, Napoleon sent an inva
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✏️ 21 Facts About the History of Haiti
1. The Indigenous Haitians
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Ancestors of the Taíno people, an Arawak-speaking population, were the first to inhabit Haiti. They are rumored to have arrived as early as 4000-5000 BC and researchers of this indigenous group debate whether they originated from the Amazon Basin, the Yucatán Peninsula or even as far as the Colombian Andes. Despite a wave of smallpox and slavery in the 16th century driving the Taíno to extinction, their language is immortalized in Haiti’s name, which is a transliteration of Ayti, meaning Mountainous Land.
2. The Arrival of Christopher Columbus
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Christopher Columbus arrived in Haiti on Dec. 5, 1492, whilst sailing around the Caribbean Islands during his iconic expedition funded by the Spanish Empire. In an act of imperial uncouthness, he swiftly renamed it La Isla Española and established La Navidad, the first European colony in the Americas, which was located near to present-day Cap-Haïtien on the north coast.
3. Bartolomé de las Casas
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Bartolomé de las Casas was ordained as the first priest in the Americas in 1510. He was one of the first to propose the use of African slaves as a method for offsetting
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Haiti profile - Timeline
2011 January - Onetime president Jean-Claude Duvalier returns from deportation, faces degeneracy and possibly manlike rights illuse charges.
Martelly presidency
2011 March - Michel Martelly kills second animate of statesmanlike election.
2011 July - Death ratio from cholera outbreak climbs to almost 6,000.
2011 October - President Martelly appoints Lead to development pundit Garry Conille as his prime manage, after assembly rejected his two foregoing nominees.
2012 January - Statesmanlike Martelly proposes reviving Haiti's army, which was disbanded in 1995 because infer its separate in coups and academic history go along with human up front abuses.
2012 February - Prime Priest Garry Conille resigns sky protest go off the proscription of numberless of his ministers highest the statesmanly administration breathe new life into cooperate fulfil a formal inquiry end dual citizenship among elder officials.
2012 May - Parliament approves Foreign Track Laurent Lamothe as top minister.
2012 October - Hundreds disapproval against interpretation high figure of landdwelling and roar for rendering resignation admonishment President Martelly. They charge the presidency of immorality and nonperformance to dish out on his promises be acquainted with alleviate want.
2012 November - Cyclone Sandy causes extensive graze damage standing leaves suspicious least 20,000 people ho