France-Haiti

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= COLONIZATION; =

In 1659, Haiti was colonized by the French, who developed large sugar plantations from the slaves of Africa. From 1791 to 1803, Haiti had a slave rebellion against Napolean's army under the directions of Francois Toussaint L' overture Duvalier, and had its' victory in 1804. Francois was a doctor who treated malaria and decided to run for presidency, and was elected by the biggest majority in haitian history. Once he was highly in power, he became the dictator. Although he was Roman Catholic, he used voodoo to strengthen his power over Haiti. During his reign, many educated haitians got up and left, leaving Haiti to be the most illiterate and poorest nation of the Western Hemisphere. In 1959 he created a very violent police force who were also known as, Toton Macoutes. They killed or tortured many of Duvalier's opponents in which included people who proposed a progressive social system. Many of those who spoke out against Fracois would disappear in the night, or be killed in daylight. In the beginning, the U.S. took control of Haiti from 1915 to 1935 but the hatians resented unwanted americans. Maybe now, they wish they had decided otherwise because of Fracois's cruelty. He started his rule in 1957 and ended in 1986.

= POLITICAL ISSUES; =

= The only period of political stability Haiti has ever known, was between the years of 1659 to 1791. The remainder of the 19th century for them was frequent and often violent shifts in political power with twenty-two changes in government between the years of 1843 to 1915. Most of the conflict came from ethnic hierarchy. Ethinic hierarchy is a dominant group, concieving of itself as society's charter membership that has claimed rights and privileges that are not to be completely shared with people, also known as "others", who are not ready for equal rights. Once they secured independance from France, Haiti moved to the forefront of political history. However, their political development lacked behind those of other nations. Their governments lacked well-developed institutions and the ability to do more than just maintain power and extract wealth from a large peasant base.

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= ALL ABOUT HAITI; = = Haiti is a carribean wasteland in the West Indies which occupies the western third of the island of Hispanola, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Haiti is two thirds mountains, and is about the sixe of maryland. It is about 27,750 square miles in total area and has the population of 10,032,619. They have suffered many tragic happenings, such as the massive earthquake. On January 12, 2010, they experienced an earthquake that was the worse in the region in more than 200 years. Followed by that only a few months later was"Hurricane Tomas" on October 30, 2010. The winds were up to 80 mph and ripped through many parts of the country. Tomas grew from a tropical storm, into a categorie one hurricane. The estimated cost of damage fixage of all the natural disasters together, was about $15 billion. [] [] =