HAITI

COLONIES OF HAITI

• Haiti started as a Spanish colony and became French
• Haiti had a royal colony
• A royal colony is one ruled by a governor appointed by a monarch

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

• Haiti is 1/3 of and island called Hispaniola
• Hispaniola is in the Caribbean Islands
• The major city during the colonial times is Port-au-Prince on the Gulf of Gonave

POPULATION

• Settlers came from Spain they came for gold and to raise food
• Many settlers became pirates that were called buccaneers
• They attacked ships carrying gold and silver to Spain
• They came to the new world to find gold
• a large percentage of pepope is slaves

ECONOMY

• Haiti has a lot of agriculture
• they also have tons of spice and coffee exports

NATURAL RESOURCES

• some natural resources are...
• bananas, silver, gold
• sugar cane, cocoa, and fish

INTRESTING FACTS

• Offical name in french is Repuplique d'Haiti
• In 1606 Spaniards left the island and went to Peru and Mexico
• mountian cover 80% of Haiti
• the average temperature i haiti is 50 - 95 degreese
• England, France, and the Dutch took over the abandoned Hispaniola when the Spaniards left.

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