HAITI THE GREAT

TYPE OF COLONY

• Haiti is a royal colony which is a colony ruled by an official
• The French colonists brought slaves from Africa to work for them
• The french colonists made the richest colony in the Carrebian

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

• Mountains cover 80% of Haiti
• There are 2 peninsulas at the west end of the island
• Haiti is one of the two countries that are on the island of Hispaniola
• The capital and largest city of Haiti is Port-au-Prince

POPULATION

• French,English,and Dutch were the first colonists in Haiti
• They came to Haiti to exploit its rescorces
• Most of the colonists became pirates called the buccaneers
• and they attacked ships carrying silver and gold

ECONOMY

• They had a cash crop economy and they grew sugarcane

NATURAL RESOURCES

• Some natural resources were cattle and gold

INTERESTING FACTS!!!

• French colonists made it the richest colony in the Carribian
• By 1788 there were eight times as many slaves as there were colonists
• The Arawak Indians destroyed the fort that C.Columbus built and they killed everyone
• In it

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