Following the proclamation of Dominican independence from Haitian rule on February 27, 1844, under founding father Juan Pablo Duarte and the secret society Los Trinitarios, a constituent congress convened in San Cristóbal. On November 6, 1844, the delegates officially signed the first Constitution of the Dominican Republic, modeled on the constitutions of the United States and France, establishing a tripartite republican government, sovereign citizenship, and fundamental civil liberties.
Following the proclamation of Dominican independence from Haitian rule on February 27, 1844, under founding father Juan Pablo Duarte and the secret society Los Trinitarios, a constituent congress convened in San Cristóbal. On November 6, 1844, the delegates officially signed the first Constitution of the Dominican Republic, modeled on the constitutions of the United States and France, establishing a tripartite republican government, sovereign citizenship, and fundamental civil liberties.
