HAITI: History, Government & CultureDirections: Copy all

facts in purple.

“Haiti” is a Native American word meaning…

mountainous land

Purple coach book p.72 and Georgia CRCT book p.99

HAITI: HistoryOriginally

settled by the Spanish in 1492 (hence the island name Hispaniola)

1697 Spain ceded to the French the western third of the island, which later became Haiti

HAITI: HistoryThe French

colony, based on forestry and sugar-related industries, became one of the wealthiest in the Caribbean but only through the heavy importation of African slaves

HAITI: HistoryFrancois-

Domingue Toussaint (Toussaint L’Ouverture) was born a slave in the mid-1700’s in Haiti

His father was captured into slavery and would tell Toussaint stories of freedom

HAITI: History1789, the French

Revolution occurred and the French decided to grant freedom to all Africans and Mulattoes

In 1791, after the plantation owners whined like a bunch of 6th graders, they (the French) revoked their (the slaves) freedom

HAITI: HistoryNow the slaves

were mad!1794, Toussaint

leads a slave army and defeats the French army (1st of the Latin American revolutions)

In 1801 Toussaint is named “Governor-General” for life

HAITI: History1802, L’Ouverture

is tricked, arrested, and sent to France. He dies in France.

Jean Jacques Dessalines finishes what Toussaint started and in 1804 Haiti gains independence

HAITI: HistoryHaiti was the 1st

country ever formed by slaves (2nd country in the Western

From 1844-1914, 32 different men ruled Haiti

HAITI: GovernmentToday, Haiti has a

democratic republic government

Haiti has both a President and a Prime Minister

President elected by popular vote for a five-year term

President chooses the Prime Minister wh0 has to be ratified by the National Assembly

HAITI: GovernmentPresident today is

Michel MartellyPrime Minister

Garry ConilleThe President is the

Chief Executive and the Prime Minister is the Head of State

Suffrage: 18 yrs old

HAITI: GovernmentHaiti has a history of

political unrest with the constitution being suspended and reinstated between 1988-89, 1991-94, and 04-06

In 2004, an armed rebellion led to the forced resignation and exile of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide

Haiti finally had a democratically elected president and parliament in May of 2006

HAITI: CulturePopulation:

9,719,932 (65 years and over=3.9% vs. 13% in USA)

52% live in “urban” areas . What is an urban area?

Ethnicities: black 95%, mulatto and white 5%

HAITI: CultureOfficial language

is French Major religions:

Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16% (roughly half of the population practices voodoo)

Why would those religions be present in Haiti?

MULTI-FLOW MAP

CONDITION OF HAITI TODAY

THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE “RANDOM”

LIST 3 THINGS HAITI IS/WAS GOOD AT (THINGS THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE 1ST OR 2ND TO DO)

LIST 3 THINGS HAITI IS BAD AT (CATEGORIES HAITI MIGHT RANK LOW IN)

LIST 3 “RANDOM” THINGS ABOUT HAITI’S PAST AND PRESENT (RANDOM, INTERESTING FACTS)

YOU MAY NOT USE THE SAME FACT IN 2 DIFFERENT CATEGORIES

HAITIAN SUMMARIZER