What are the Dominicans celebrating, if you don't mind? Independence - that happened in the 1800s? Duarte? etc?
What are the Dominicans celebrating, if you don't mind? Independence - that happened in the 1800s? Duarte? etc?
It was a Spanish colony.
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The freedom to be able to use Google.What are the Dominicans celebrating, if you don't mind? Independence - that happened in the 1800s? Duarte? etc?
Yes Anne but February 27th is celebrated as independence from Haiti.
It's ANNA and I guess this part though me off.
Happy Independence Day! Today, the Dominican Republic celebrates its 168 years of Independence! The Dominican Republic, is a country which has, from the beginning fought for its freedom – having been colonized by Spain as well as been invaded by French and Haitian troops, so here we bring you the fascinating history of the Dominican Republic, Dominican Independence Day, as well as Dominican cultures and traditions celebrated on this very special day. - See more at: Casa de Campo Living - February 27th is Dominican Independence Day! | Casa de Campo Living
What are the Dominicans celebrating, if you don't mind? Independence - that happened in the 1800s? Duarte? etc?
Yes, but the real fight for independence was against the jodones from the west. Actually, we probably had the longest war of independence of any country in the Western Hemisphere and possibly among the longest in the world.The DR got its independence from (1) Spain, then (2) Haiti, then (3) Spain again, and then the (3,4) Americans invaded twice, and left twice. There were some other Haitian invasions after 1844, but they did not include the entire country. The major Independence holiday celebrates independence from Haiti.
There is actually an unsettled debate among Spanish historians on whether its appropriate to consider the Spanish territories as colonies, because they were not administered in the same manner that the British or the French administered their colonies, with those and other European colonial countries actually referring to their overseas territories as colonies. In fact, one of the reasons the 13 British colonies decided to break ties with Britain was because the latter was imposing taxes on the former without giving them equal recognition as integral parts of Britain. That's where the Boston Tea Party ordeal comes from with the famous saying "no taxation without representation."It was a Spanish colony.
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Yes, but the real fight for independence was against the jodones from the west.
I don't see that, and I see a lot of Haitians everyday. Haitian kids on their way to Dominican schools, Haitian workers getting paid for construction work, Haitian women with their babies or ready to pop, the Haitian doctor dropping his kid off at the school, ...etc; everyone of them treated the same as everyone else.I guess that explains why I see Haitians treated as street dogs throughout the country.