Conquest

            The conquest of Haiti began when famed explorer Christopher Columbus landed in what is now known as Haiti and the Dominican Republic in 1492(A).  However, Spain, the country Columbus was sailing for at that time, settled in only the eastern part of the island in the Caribbean.  This left the eastern side open for conquest, which is exactly what the French did(A).  There wasn’t much in the case of conquering the native people because most of the influence came from the French trade and the Africans who were brought to Haiti by the shiploads during the era of the “Triangle Trade Route”, which went from Europe to Africa to the Americas. The French pirates who claimed the land for their own country started establishing Port-de-Paix under, French culture, mainly the language.