This document provides an overview of the history of Haiti, beginning with French colonization and the successful slave rebellion led by Toussaint Louverture. It then discusses the establishment of Haiti as an independent nation under Jean-Jacques Dessalines, followed by periods of civil war, occupation by the United States, and dictatorships under Francois Duvalier and his Tonton Macoutes. The document concludes with discussions of Haitian agriculture, gender roles, elections of Aristide and Preval, UN peacekeeping missions, international aid, and the 2010 earthquake.