Haiti has a very unique history, in 1791 Haitian slaves staged the first ever slave revolution overtaking French rule declaring their independence in 1801. In the following years, Haiti was threatened with war on multiple occasions and in the interest of keeping their freedom accepted terms that placed a double ransom upon them.  This was devastating to their already new and un-established economy.  Funding for basic economic infrastructure therefore didn’t exist and what little money was available was mishandled by many corrupt rulers leaving the Haitian people in poverty. Additionally, Haiti has suffered from continuous natural disasters most common being earthquakes.