Years Turning Points in Internal Haiti’s relations with
Haiti’s History Developments in other countries
Haiti
1620-1803 1620s: Haiti is colonized Haiti has many It became officially part
by France natural resources of France in 1697
France introduces a It produced most of
plantation system and France’s products and
slavery. wealth
France exploited Haiti’s
resources and people
Haiti’s capture, was
France’s rise as an
international
superpower
1804-1914 1804: Haiti becomes Haiti has a Haiti has NO foreign
independent after the constitution in 1805- relations with any other
world’s only successful the end of slavery nation.
slave revolt. Declaration of France decides to
Independence interact with Haiti if the
property damaged and
destroyed in the
rebellion is repaid and
for every slave that was
freed-debt took 120
years to pay
The U.S imposes an
Embargo on Haiti
because the U.S. didn’t
want THEIR slaves to
rebel against their
owners and declare
their independence.
1915-1944 1915: Beginning of U.S. Haiti’s government is When The U.S.
occupation of Haiti either directed by the occupied Haiti, all the
US or a Haitian major decisions were
Dictatorship, which made by the U.S.
isn’t good for
economic
development
1945-Today 1945: Beginning of Cold During this time The U.S. relations is
War period, there were based on the Cold War;
many coup d’états they didn’t want a
with one Haitian rebellion or a change in
dictator replacing the local Haitian
another government that would
support the Soviet
Union or communists
(like Cuba)