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First Spanish settlement in the Americas
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St. Domingue slaves successfully overthrew their masters and the entire slave system
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After defeating the French, the island becomes known as Haiti
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US imposed martial law and took control of Haiti's finanaces, in addition to re-writing it's constitution
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The U.S. imposes martial law and took control of Haiti's finances, in addition to rewriting the Haitian constitution.
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Duvalier had support of the Haitian army and the U.S. government
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Agreement was fraught with loopholes and shortcomings and Aristide remained in exile.
