Haiti Dbq

Haiti was born out of struggle beginning in 1791 and lasting beyond 1804. The fight was never an easy one and even after independence, Haiti had many negative factors hindering progression. Haiti's progress was hindered mainly as she was ostracised by the international community. Due to the fact that Haiti was almost entirely cut off from the rest of the world, it was difficult for the country to repay the huge foreign debt in return for independence. The leaders that ruled Haiti after 1804, made decisions that proved to disrupt the growth of the country increasing the rate of corruption. After being monitored closely for a period of time the US invaded Haiti on July 28, 1915 for reasons which including keeping European powers out of the Caribbean, ensuring Germany doesn’t make its influence in the Caribbean through Haiti permanent and political power would give the US lucrative trade power.
At the time the US did not have lucrative access to markets in Africa and Asia. The Caribbean for its tropical temperature and fertile lands was a great pick for food supply. Political Control would given then lucrative trade power.
Between 1911 and 1915, a series of political assassinations saw the leadership of Haiti change several times. The US mainly invaded Haiti was because of its political instability. There was an unstable government and a threat of law and order breaking down. The US felt the need to exercise the big stick policy, which stated the US would act as a police for all Caribbean countries to prevent European powers from intervening in the Caribbean, here. Haiti’s stability was of great interest to the US as instability would result in foreign rule of