A Super Quick History of the Dominican Republic 

Born in Santiago now living in the US. Will alway be proud of my country no matter how far I am 🇩🇴💪🏼🇩🇴

I'm a citizen of both U.S and Dominican republic and it's nice to see more videos on the history.

I’m Finnish and Dominican, these vids were really helpful for me to know my two cultures

I am a Filipino living in Hawaii. Philippines and Dom Repupublic were both colonized by Spain. There are Dominican students studying in Philippines and they love my country too.

I’m from the Dominican Republic and this was really interesting

My best friend in the army is from Dominican Republic so its nice to learn a bit more about his families culture. good video

I was born in USA but my parents are from the Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 Spanish was all I heard at home but yet my Spanish is horrible and I always get put on blast for not knowing how to speak it properly.... 😒

Well now I know why my dad likes baseball so much

Dominican Republic - Timeline 1492 - Christopher Columbus visits the island, which he names Hispaniola, or "Little Spain". The capital Santo Domingo is home to Catedral Primada de America, the oldest cathedral in the Americas. Construction began in 1514. 1496 - Spaniards set up first Spanish colony in Western hemisphere at Santo Domingo, which subsequently serves as capital of all Spanish colonies in America. 200+ years after Columbus 1697 - Treaty of Ryswick gives western part of Hispaniola island (Haiti) to France and eastern part (Santo Domingo - the present Dominican Republic) to Spain. This would lead to the creation of a separate country Haiti (by the French). 200+ years after Spain established Santo Domingo (Dominicana Republic). 1795 - Spain cedes its portion of Hispaniola island to France. 1808 - Spain retakes Santo Domingo following revolt by Spanish Creoles. First Dominican Independence (1821) 1821 - Uprising against Spanish rules is followed by brief period of independence. Haitian Invasion (1822) 1822 - Haitian President Jean-Pierre Boyer marches his troops into Santo Domingo and invades it. Dominican Republic is established (1844) 1844 - Boyer overthrown; Santo Domingo declares its independence and becomes the Dominican Republic. 1861-63 - President Pedro Santana returns the Dominican Republic to Spanish rule. 1863-64 - Spain withdraws from, and annuls its annexation of, the Dominican Republic following a popular revolt. 1865 - The second Dominican Republic proclaimed. 1906 - Dominican Republic and US sign 50-year treaty according to which the US takes over the republic's customs department in return for buying its debts. 1916-24 - US forces occupy the Dominican Republic following internal disorder. 1924 - Constitutional government assumes control; US forces withdraw. Trujillo dictatorship 1930 - General Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina establishes personal dictatorship following the overthrow of President Horacio Vazquez. The Columbus Alcazar Museum in Santo Domingo was home to Christopher Columbus's eldest son. 1937 - Army massacres 19,000-20,000 Haitians living in areas of the Dominican Republic adjacent to Haiti. 1960 - Organisation of American States adopts resolution calling for severance of diplomatic ties with the Dominican Republic. 1961 - Trujillo assassinated. US invades 1962 - Juan Bosch, founder of the leftist Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) elected president in the first democratic elections for nearly four decades. 1963 - Bosch deposed in military coup and replaced by a three-man civilian junta. 1965 - Some 30,000 US troops invade the Dominican Republic following a pro-Bosch uprising. Return to democracy 1966 - Joaquin Balaguer, a Trujillo protege and former leader of the Reformist Party (later to become the centre-right Christian Social Reform Party (PRSC), is elected president. 1978 - Silvestre Antonio Guzman (PRD) is elected president and proceeds to release some 200 political prisoners, ease media censorship and purge the armed forces of Balaguer supporters. 1979 - Two hurricanes leave more than 200,0000 people homeless and cause damage worth 1 billion dollars as the economy continues to deteriorate due to high fuel prices and low sugar prices. 1982 - Another PRD candidate, Jorge Blanco, elected president. Austerity, unrest 1985 - IMF-prescribed austerity measures, including price rises for basic foods and petrol, lead to widespread riots. 1986 - Balaguer (PRSC) re-elected president. 1988 - Jorge Blanco tried in absentia and found guilty of corruption during his presidential tenure. 1990 - Balaguer re-elected, defeating Bosch by a small majority. 1994 - Balaguer re-elected, but agrees to serve only a two-year term after being accused of fraud. 1996 - Leonel Fernandez Reyna of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) elected president. 1998 - Hurricane George causes widespread devastation. 2000 - PRD returned to power with Hipolito Mejia as president. 2001 May - Appeals court quashes a conviction against former president, Salvador Jorge Blanco, on charges of corruption. 2001 November - US jet bound for Santo Domingo crashes in New York killing all 255 people on board. Three days of national mourning declared. 2002 July - Former president Joaquin Balaguer dies aged 95; thousands pay their last respects to a man who dominated politics for more than 50 years. 2003 November - Deadly clashes between police and protesters during demonstrations against high prices, power cuts. Two months later, demonstrations about economic policies leave at least five dead. Fernandez elected 2004 May - Former president Leonel Fernandez defeats incumbent Hipolito Mejia. 2005 September - Congress approves a proposed free trade agreement with the US and Central American nations. The DR enters the accord in March 2007. 2008 May - President Leonel Fernandez is re-elected. 2010 May - Congressional elections. Governing Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) retains firm grip on power. 2010 October - Dominican Republic tightens border restrictions to prevent cholera spreading from Haiti. 2012 May - Governing Dominican Liberation Party candidate Danilo Medina wins close presidential election over former president Hipolito Mejia. 2012 October - Hurricane Sandy causes extensive damage. 2013 September - Dominican Republic's highest court rules that the children of undocumented migrants are not eligible for Dominican nationality. Human rights groups warn that it could leave tens of thousands of people of Haitian descent stateless. 2014 May - The Dominican parliament approves a bill to grant citizenship to Dominican-born children of immigrants. 2016 May - President Danilo Medina is re-elected with a large majority. 2016 November - More than 20,000 people are displaced in flooding. The government declares a state of emergency. 2017 October - A report by the campaign group Transparency International lists the Dominican Republic as having the second highest bribery rate in Latin America and the Caribbean after Mexico. 2018 May - The Dominican Republic ends its long diplomatic relationship with Taiwan, establishing ties with China instead.

Thanks for this video! I was interested in the history of the Dominican Republic because my biological grandfather is from there and wondered why he came to America. Now I understand it was most likely due to the Civil War in 1965, or perhaps some history just before. Unfortunately, I never met him, as he married my grandmother and had a child with her, my mother, ghosting her afterwards, what I assume, to attain US citizenship.

I love my Dominican ancestry. I love being Dominican period!!!!

Will be living in dominican republic in a few days, I'm dominican but I'm American, I'll be seeing family I've never seen some are upper class and some are lower class, I know little to nothing of my own culture, so I hope to seize this as an opportunity to find myself and better understand my culture, this will be my first time leaving the country as well as going on a plane so I'm quite nervous, but watching videos that teach me about the history as well as the culture of dominican republic has helped to ease my worries, this video is much appreciated, thank you to anyone who read this and wish me luck!

Now that's what you call quick. Thanks for enlightening me about the history of a great nation!

I visited this country a few years ago, from the US, and have to say, the beauty of it and its people is amazing. I enjoyed my visit and would love to return someday.

Im from Puerto Rico, and always wanted to learn about my Caribbean neighbors.

I am from Dominacan Republic and I am so happy that I can finally see someone talking about my beautiful country

im from dominican republic and this is cool nice job 🇩🇴

I sincerely appreciate thy efforts to culminate the knowledge of Dominican Republic history within folks such as thyself who don't have a single idea what my Latino/a history book is about. for real thanks man.

Always awesome my favorite channel keep going!

This was put together nicely, it kind of took me back through a junior-high and high-school history class in 5 mins LOL...

My beautiful Dominican Republic 🇩🇴

great episode mr history

Per Alan Klein’s “Dominican Baseball: New Pride, Old Prejudice”.. Contrary to the common narrative, the prevailing theory is that the Cubans introduced Baseball to the Dominican Republic. It’s documented that Cuban Sugar tycoons brought the sport to the island in the late 1800’s. The US presence in the 1900s certainly helped solidify baseball’s dominating popularity in the country. Dominican pride revolved around their triumphs against US occupiers in the diamond. The best ballplayers of that era are still regarded as folk heroes to this day.

Amazing doc sir really appreciate it

I’m Dominican asf, I’m so Dominican but this got my attention

1:15 Spain did not abandon the island. It's crazy to say it. I hear my dumb colleagues say that too. Hispañola was the center of Spanish politics, religion/spirituality and the military.

Dominican history is so rich, I'm proud to be half Dominican. Viva Duarte, Mella, Sánchez, y Luperón 🙏🏾🇩🇴💯

Excelente biografia de mi Isla, no dejaste ningun detalle, de todos los acontecimientos hustoricos, asi mismo fue, muchos paises poderosos matandose por esta pequeña Isla, es que mi Isla es bella!!!! Felicidades...

Google classroom work but this actually is very well made imma subscribe

Your talking really fast there

Dominicano soy, de mis raíces no me voy a olvidarme... 🇩🇴

Love the video. Keep up the good work.👍👍👍👍👍

Born in a rural area in the DR, now living in America! Subbed🇩🇴!

I live in the Dominican Republic as an expat. Truly appreciate this video.

I was born in New York city and raised in Rockland County new york my parents are from Dominican 🇩🇴 Republic

i’m 1/2 dominican and was raised by my puerto rican side of the family that hates dominicans (a lot of resentment towards me and my dad) so it’s healing to learn about my culture day by day

Great video! Im headed there sunday so this was eye opening!

Excellent history

Dominican Readpublic is my favorite spansh conutry

My dad is Dominican and I wanna visit so badddd

My family is from the Dominican republic but i was born in the usa, wheres my latin americans at?

One thing is that leonel fernandez is my dads cousin and i love the video❤❤❤

Thanks for this.it is my country.

My Daughter is Fil-Domincan she knows the Domincan Republic🇩🇴

I’m from Harlem, but I love DR!!!!

First video I've seen, but I like you sir, have yourself a subscriber

Me using this for hw

needed to do an brochure with this info, thanks!

My middle school is actually named after Patria Mirabel.

Hey thanks bro I appreciate that that was f****** beautiful

Im proud of being dominicano. Ya tu save la vaina klk

The fact you haven't done a video on Puerto Rico should be a crime!

I know but it ok but your forgot about the Ciguayo and the Macoris people and these two groups were distinct from the Taino of most of the Island and the Ciguayos inhabited the Samena Peninsula and the Macoris inhabited other parts of DR

I love history

The U.S. is always trying to be that "friend" that has no business in anything... metiche is an understatement. We depend on hospitality heavily but it is sad to see how poverty and lack of education is still a major issue in the D.R in this day and political corruption. We have so many resources and yet our people lack basic needs for fresh water, light (light gets cut off at a certain time), food and education. I don't get it. Now with this pandemic thing. Kids have to attend school from home where for the most part-- most dont even have computers nor internet connection (which I was told by a family member that the President said he would provide these things for free so kids could keep learning from home) and once elected none of that happened. So the one thing that bothers me with all this is... yeah everyone love Dominican Republic for all its resources and beauty but does anyone really care about the people? I love my country and I love the U.S, I just wish there was more constructive way to do things.

God so loved the world that he give his one and only begotten son that who ever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life

2:36 that’s my great great great great great grandfather ;)

What's the song at 0:04?

Pretty interesting and often funny presentation.

I was born in NAGUA and I am proud of the hardships our country ha dot go through

You’re missing a very important part of the history of the Dominican Republic…in the interest of the American Reconstruction, Ulysses S Grant sent Fredrick Douglass to the island…what happened next?

Ah yes history of my country

yay you brought up inter-indigenous conflicts

I love my country.

Great video

This is why people say it that Dominicans are racist with Haitians it's nothing personal it's just that Dominicans are very patriotic people and to know that one's Haiti was ruling their country and now thousands of patients want to go to the Dominican Republic for jobs

I was born into the us but my parents are Dominican this is a cute country! (That makes me latin american i think)

Getting my dual citizenship and buying a house to retire in the Dominican Republic

Hii guys I am from India 🇮🇳🇮🇳.I feel proud of being Indian

well done !!

Beisbol been a-berry, berry good to me...

Not only the most visited country in the Caribbean but the 2nd most visited country in Latin America after Mexico and it is just a piece of land.

I kinda wanted you to go into your last question. What does await the DR haha??

i leaned something new mate

Wrong: Lionel Fernandez had the best up to date organize corruption, that lasted 20 years.

I’m soo proud of my country but I don’t know sht about the history lol

You video is appreciated but it left out too much next time you make a video of another country try to talk to knowledgeable locals to get a feel for what’s most important to include

Salu2 de RD

I was born in Santo Domingo but I’m also half Chinese.

Well done, kind regards from the Dominican Republic 🇩🇴

Damn my son ain’t mention hipolito mejia that was our best time

Soy un dominicano de corazon #dominicanoforever

Heyy 🇩🇴DR Wsp Fam

The Dominican Republic is not an Island! It’s a country surrounded by water on three sides. It’s part of an island shared with Haiti.

🎉🎉🎉🇩🇴🇩🇴great job

its funny im both haitian and Dominican all of my grandparnts had kids with a hatian women or Dominican women and same way around kinda a rebalious way to get at my stern grand elders

And please be very careful with the words you say because the words you say can make you unclean and comes from your heart In the Bible it said something like this and Jesus Christ said something like this but God bless

4:18 - pretty sure we’ve seen him in Breaking Bad

Real talk

you forgot to add about africa...

The original were unknown? That's that Euro Imperial Racism BS. Who were the original of anywhere? It depends on what year you're looking at. There were full Blood Tainos and are Tainos. We had a Paper Genocide done by the Church. Enriquillo was a Taino Royal who was saved by the church and fought the Spanish for freedom for Ten years making his rebellion the first successful slave revolt in this side of the hemisphere. The DR also has the 1st and oldest University in this is of the Planet and the only country to have the Bible on its flag.

Im from D.R myself LOL

I am Dominican

All that and the corruption and violence, drugs makes it very dangerous

A lot of untold dark History that happened to Our Native people

What about the history of Laos can you find the history of Laos

Nobody cares about dr but I do

no hablaste de de las atrocidades cometidas por los españoles hacia los tainos y caribes pero si que ellos eran 'Hostiles' como si fueran animales incapaces de cualquier relación diplomática Hubo relaciones entre los nativos, caribes y tainos y los españoles y hubo hostilidades de ambas partes. Y al final fueron los españoles los que esclavisaron a los tainos

Nothing about african slave trade.....

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