1. On 1942, Christopher Colombus landed on Haiti's north coast and claimed the country as the island of Spain.
2. The French took over this colony in the 1960s and increased production in crops like coffee, cotton, and sugarcane.
3. There was a French Rebellion from 1791- 1803. The Jamaican-born person started this and fought a lot of French people including Napoleon's army. This war lasted for 13 years.
4. A Civil War happened on the country in 1807 and was devided into North and South. Jean-Pierre Boyer reunifies the country and became a president on 1820.
5. The tropical climate and trade winds produce warm temperatures throughout the year. Haiti has a lot of mountains and produces coconuts.
6. The people in the North Haiti have a Creole accent. The population is 95% black and 5% white.
7. Carnival and New Year's Day are the biggest holidays in the whole year for most Haitians.
8. About two-thirds of the Haitians live with farming and they even have a small farm. Unluckily, for lots of times, frequent storms destroy the farms and crops.
9. Haiti produces coffee, mangoes, sugarcane, rice, corn, sorghum, and wood.
10. The president in Haiti is elected every 5 years and Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere with 80% living in poverty.
2 comments:
Hey, I really like your blog!!! Nice writing about the historical data of Haiti!
By the way, thanks for commenting on my blog!!!
Everything you say here may well be true, Si Won, but the goal of this post was to find historical information that might explain why Haiti is poor today. Try to focus on that aspect of their history.
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