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History of Dominican Republic - English
URL: http://artekmedia.net/travel/dr/history/

General Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina, who ruled personally until 1947 and indirectly thereafter until his assassination in 1961. His death gave rise to renewed political turmoil, and an election in December 1962 leg to the inauguration of Juan Bosch Gavino, a left-of-center democrat, as president in February 1963.

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Dominican Republic, History - English
URL: http://www.expedia.com/wg/Caribbean/Dominican_Republic/P21700.asp

Over the next 300 years, the island changed hands between France, Spain, and Cuba, and for a time it even enjoyed a phase called "Ephemeral Independence."

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The Virtual Jewish History Tour - Dominican Republic - English
URL: http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/vjw/Dominicantoc.html

Cyber encyclopedia of Jewish history and culture that covers everythingfrom anti-Semitism to Zionism. It includes a glossary, bibliography of web sites and books, biographies, articles, original documents and much more!

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Dominican Republic - English
URL: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107475.html

Geography, History.

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World History Archives: The history of the Dominican Republic - English
URL: http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/43/index-i.html

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History of the Dominican Republic - English
URL: http://www.hispaniola.com/DR/Guides/History.html

When Columbus crossed the Atlantic with his crew of Spaniards, he first came to islands in the Bahamas and then Cuba before landing on the island of Hispaniola.

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History of Dominican Republic - English
URL: http://www.worldrover.com/history/dominican_republic_history.html

The island of Hispaniola, of which the Dominican Republic forms the eastern two-thirds and Haiti the remainder, was originally occupied by Tainos, an Arawak-speaking people. The Tainos welcomed Columbus in his first voyage in 1492, but subsequent colonizers were brutal, reducing the Taino population from about 1 million to about 500 in 50 years.

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Dominican History - English
URL: http://www.emulateme.com/history/dominhist.htm

The first colony - the post-Trujillo era.

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