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==Spanish Colonization (1492-1795)== | ==Spanish Colonization (1492-1795)== | ||
The first Europeans in Haiti arrived in 1492 when Christopher Columbus arrived. Spain claimed the island and it was named La Española. Spain divided the island with France in 1697 but they were forced to cede the part of the island they had retained in 1795 in the Peace of Basel.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Haiti," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti, accessed 10 April 2020.</ref> | The first Europeans in Haiti arrived in 1492 when Christopher Columbus arrived. Spain claimed the island and it was named La Española. Spain divided the island with France in 1697 but they were forced to cede the part of the island they had retained in 1795 in the Peace of Basel.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Haiti," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti, accessed 10 April 2020.</ref> | ||
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