History of the Dominican Republic

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History of the Dominican Republic

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The Dominican Republic occupies the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antilles.

Contents

1 Pre-Spanish History 2 Spanish colony: 1st period 1492-1795 2.1 Arrival of the Spanish 2.2 Sixteenth century: Taino decimation & African enslavement 2.3 Seventeenth century: French encroachment 2.4 Eighteenth century: Colonial decline & Haitian revolution 3 French colony 1795-1809 4 Haitian occupation 1821-1844 5 Independence: 1st Period 1844-1861 5.1 First Republic 6 Spanish colony: 3rd period 1861-1865 6.1 War of Restoration 7 Independence: 2nd Period 1865-1916 7.1 Second Republic 7.2 Ulises Heureaux and U.S. protectorate 8 First United States occupation: 1916-1924 9 The rise and fall of Trujillo 1924–1965 9.1 Vásquez 1924-1927 9.2 The Era of Trujillo 1927-1961 9.3 The Post-Trujillo instability 1961-1965 10 Second United States Occupation 1965–1966 11 The Balaguer Era 1966-1996 11.1 Balaguer`s second Presidency 1966-1978 11.2 Guzman / Blanco Interregnum 1978-1986 11.3 Balaguer's third Presidency 1986-1996 12 Rise of Democracy 1996–present 12.1 Fernández: First administration 1996-2000

Early map of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, circa 1639.

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12.2 Mejía's adminstration 2000-2004 12.3 Fernández: Second administration 2004-2012 12.4 Danilo Medina: 2012-Present 13 See also 14 References

Pre-Spanish History

Main article: Chiefdoms of Hispaniola Successive waves of Arawak migrants, moving northward from the Orinoco delta in South America, settled the islands of the Caribbean. Around AD 600, the Taíno Indians, an Arawak culture, arrived on the island, displacing the...