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Mar 2, 1492
columbus claims haiti
columbus landed on the island of haiti and claimed it as spains territory. -
spain ceded the western third of hispanola
Spain ceded the western third of hispainola to France in 1697. France called it the colony of st domingue. -
french revolution of 1789
the french revolution of 1789 disrupted the power in frances coloniesand sparked slave rebellions. -
the st domingue slave rebel
after suffering for nearly a century the slaves of st domingue finally revolted and unlike others they were successful -
dessalines declares independence
dessalines declared independence the new state was haiti. -
France reconginizes haiti
the french recongnize haiti but for a large payment which put haiti in huge debt -
U.S. invades haiti
the U.S. marines invaded haiti they stayed there for 19 years -
segragation and forced lsabor kills 15 hundred
the U.S. occupied haiti and introduced segragation and forced labor killing 15 hundred which was documented in 1922 -
U.S. leaves haiti
the united states finally pulled out of haiti in 1934. -
Fracois Duvalier elected president
Francois a doctor was elected president with the support of the haiti army and U.S. government. -
president for life
in 1964 president francois declared himself president for life and that there would be no more elections. -
passing down the presidency
president doc died in 1971 but before he did he passed on his presidency to his 19 year old son jean cluade. -
swine fever kills pigs
swine fever killed many haitian pigs so to stop the spread the U.S. orderedto kill the entire haitian pig population which was a big income for some haitian families. -
reagan is elected
reagan was elected in 1980 an anti communism was reagns main focus as president. -
low capita income
haiti had a per capita income of only 377 dollars. although most earn less than that. -
anti government protests
anti government protests swept through haiti encouraged by the church tens of thousands of people marched in the protests. -
duvalier and family exiled in France
A U.S. air force jet flew davulier and his exile in France. thousands of haitians took part in joyous celebrations. -
strafing lines of voters
on election day trucks full of soldiers went from poll to poll with msachine guns by early morning dozens of people lay dead and the election was canceled -
church blasted with gun fire
artisides parishoners were singing in a church when gunmen busted in the church with machine guns killing 13 wounding 80 after that attack the vatican ordered they leave but they ended up staying in haiti. -
military annouces election
aristide annouced that he would run in the election -
election installs popular leader
the election installed a popular leader but that did not change what lied underneath the struture of the society. -
the voting begins
aristide won the election by a landslide with 67%of the votes. -
aristide forced to exile
the army staged a bloody coup which forced aristide to exile. -
new prime minister
Marc bazin was named the new prime minister but the armed forces still remained in control. -
clinton elected to office
expectations for the haiti people were high but he broke his promise and adopted the bush administration. -
aristide's return
aristide returns to haiti as there president.
