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Juan Pablo Duarte And Pedro: Founding Fathers Of Dominican Republic
Juan Pablo Duarte and Pedro was consider to be the founding fathers of Dominican Republic. Juan Pablo wanted no one but Dominicans to govern the Dominican people. Also help create a political military to fight against the Haitian occupation and achieve independence. On the other hand Pedro Santana was a dictator of the Dominican Republic. Pedro Duarte was a merchant and the leader of a secret group called La Trinitarios, which purpose was to separate Dominican republic from Haiti. He used his popularity to stay in power by creating a system of absolute military power. Juan Pablo Duarte had a strongly disagreement with Pedro Santana. Later on Pedro Santana turned the country back into colony of Spain. Later on Pedro Santana turned the country
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