Answer:
1. Christopher Columbus lands on Hispaniola.
2. A slave, Toussaint L’Ouverture succeeds in capturing the entire island of Hispaniola.
3. Ramón Matías Mella leads revolutionaries to seize Santo Domingo and declares the Dominican Republic independent.
4. The U.S. army occupies the Dominican Republic for eight years.
5. Corrupt dictator Rafael Trujillo controls the Dominican Republic from 1930 to 1961.
6. U.S. troops restore order and Dominicans approve the current constitution.
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