The Dominican Republic's first Constitution is adopted…
November 1844 CE
The Dominican Republic's first Constitution is adopted on November 6, 1844, and is modeled after the United States Constitution.
The decades that follow will be filled with tyranny, factionalism, economic difficulties, rapid changes of government, and exile for political opponents.
Archrivals Santana and Buenaventura Báez will hold power most of the time, both ruling arbitrarily.
They will promote competing plans to annex the new nation to another power: Santana favors Spain, and Báez the United States.