Dominican Republic

History Timeline

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Taino drawings in Hispaniola caves.
·Arawak and Taíno originally owned the land around 300 A.D. and they were the natives of this country.
·In 1492 Christopher Columbus brought over disease, colonization and slavery
·Santo Domingo was the first capital and European colonization which was built in 1496 by Spain with the help of Christohper Columbus
· Around 1697 the western part of the land was given to France (now Haiti)
·Haitian slaves took over Santo Domingo and claimed the land in 1801
·In 1844 Dominicans declared independence from Haiti
·Rafael Leonidas Trujillo then began his presidency in 1930 and ruled for 30 years
·Assassinated in 1961 and after that everything was chaos
· US peacekeeping force came in and helped reform the constitutional government
·Currently the largest democratic government in the Caribbean

*I think the history is very interesting because I didn't know Christopher Columbus discovered the Caribbean islands along with North America.