The Tainos Spanish rule French rule The Ephemeral Independence and Haitian occupation Independence Government and politics
The Dominican Republic is a representative democracy republic
It is one of two Caribbean islands that are occupied by two different countries.
He Arawakan-speaking Taínos moved into Hispaniola, displacing earlier inhabitants,[16] circa A.D. 650. The Taínos called the island Kiskeya or Quisqueya ("mother of the earth").[citation needed] They engaged in farming and fishing,[17] and hunting and gathering.[16] The fierce Caribs drove the Taínos to the northeastern Caribbean during much of the 15th century.[18] The estimates of Hispaniola's population in 1492 vary widely, including one hundred thousand,[19] three hundred thousand,[16] and four hundred thousand to two million.[20] By 1492 the island was divided into five Taíno chiefdoms.[citation needed]
The Ephemeral Independence and Haitian occupation
After a dozen years of discontent and failed independence plots by various groups, Santo Domingo's former Lieutenant–Governor (top administrator), José Núñez de Cáceres, declared the colony's independence, on November 30, 1821. He requested the new state's admission to Simón Bolívar's republic of Gran Colombia, but Haitian forces, led by Jean-Pierre Boyer, invaded just nine weeks later, in February 1822.[31]
Geography
The climate of the Dominican Republic is mostly tropical.
Dominican Republic
History
The Tainos Spanish rule French rule The Ephemeral Independence and Haitian occupation Independence Government and politics
The Ephemeral Independence and Haitian occupation
After a dozen years of discontent and failed independence plots by various groups, Santo Domingo's former Lieutenant–Governor (top administrator), José Núñez de Cáceres, declared the colony's independence, on November 30, 1821. He requested the new state's admission to Simón Bolívar's republic of Gran Colombia, but Haitian forces, led by Jean-Pierre Boyer, invaded just nine weeks later, in February 1822.[31]
Geography
The climate of the Dominican Republic is mostly tropical.
References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Republic