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    History of the Dominican Republic

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    The recorded history of the Dominican Republic began in 1492 when Christopher Columbus, working for the Crown of Castile, arrived at a large island in the western Atlantic Ocean, later known as the Caribbean. The native Taíno people, an Arawakan people, had inhabited the island during the pre-Columbian era, dividing it into five chiefdoms. They referred to the eastern part of the island as Quisqueya, meaning 'mother of all lands.' Columbus claimed the island for Castile, naming it La Isla Española, which was later Latinized to Hispaniola. Following 25 years of Spanish occupation, the Taíno population in the Spanish-controlled regions of the island drastically decreased due to the Taíno genocide. With fewer than 50,000 survivors, those remaining intermixed with Spaniards, Africans, and others, leading to the formation of the present-day tripartite Dominican population. Wikipedia

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    Learn about the recorded history of the Dominican Republic from 1492 to the present, covering its colonial, independence, and modern periods. Explore the pre-European, Spanish, French, and Haitian influences, as well as the political, social, and cultural developments.
  3. britannica.com

    4 days agoThe Dominican Republic has much in common with the countries of Latin America (with which it is often grouped), and some writers have referred to the country as a microcosm of that region. Dominicans have experienced political and civil disorder, ethnic tensions, export-oriented booms and busts, and long periods of military rule, including a Haitian occupation (1822-44), the oppressive ...
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    History of the Dominican Republic, a survey of important events and people in the history of the Dominican Republic from the time of European settlement. The Dominican Republic occupies the eastern two-thirds of Hispaniola, the second largest island of the Greater Antilles chain in the Caribbean
    Author:Howard J. Wiarda
  6. en.wikipedia.org

    The name Dominican originates from Saint Dominic, [28] the patron saint of astronomers, and founder of the Dominican Order.The Dominican Order established what is now known as the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, the first university in the New World. [29]For most of its history, up until independence, the colony was known simply as Santo Domingo [30] and continued to be commonly known ...
  7. worldofhistorycheatsheet.com

    Jul 6, 2024The Dominican Republic, located on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean, has a rich history shaped by indigenous cultures, European colonization, African slavery, and struggles for independence. Pre-Colonial and Early Colonial Period Indigenous Inhabitants: Before European contact, the island of Hispaniola was inhabited by the Taíno people, an Arawak-speaking indigenous group.
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