Matías Ramón Mella - Quiz
Matías Ramón Mella
  • 1. After the formation of the First Dominican Republic, to what body was Mella appointed?
A) Central Government Board
B) National Congress
C) Supreme Military Court
D) Council of Ministers
  • 2. Who served as president of the Central Government Board when Mella was appointed?
A) Sánchez
B) Pérez
C) Duarte
D) Pina
  • 3. To whom did Mella write a letter on March 2, 1844, informing them of the revolt's success?
A) The Haitian government
B) Duarte, Pérez, and Pina
C) The Southern conservative leaders
D) Imbert and Pierrot
  • 4. Why was the Cibao considered the most important region of the country at the time?
A) Its proximity to Europe
B) Its status as the capital
C) Its extensive livestock farms
D) Its wealth and population
  • 5. What military rank did Mella hold when he went to the Cibao?
A) Colonel
B) General
C) Lieutenant
D) Captain
  • 6. Which city did Mella choose to organize the defense against the Haitians?
A) Santo Domingo
B) San José de Las Matas
C) Moca
D) Santiago
  • 7. Where did Mella go to recruit people after visiting Santiago?
A) Cap-Haïtien
B) Azua
C) San José de Las Matas
D) Curaçao
  • 8. What was the former name of San José de Las Matas?
A) The Capital
B) The South Band
C) The Northern Department
D) La Sierra
  • 9. Who did Mella enlist as second in command of the newly constituted army?
A) José María Imbert
B) Jean-Louis Pierrot
C) President Hérard
D) Juan Pablo Duarte
  • 10. Which position did Mella assume in Santiago?
A) Foreign Minister
B) Chief of Police
C) Governor
D) Treasurer
  • 11. Who led the 10,000 Haitian men approaching Santiago?
A) Sánchez
B) Jean-Louis Pierrot
C) José María Imbert
D) President Hérard
  • 12. What tactic helped convince the Haitians to withdraw from Santiago?
A) The destruction of the road to Cap-Haïtien
B) A massive artillery bombardment
C) A direct negotiation with Pierrot
D) A flyer claiming President Hérard had died
  • 13. What economic activity was prevalent in the surroundings of Santiago?
A) Tobacco production
B) Gold mining
C) Extensive livestock farming
D) Sugar cane cultivation
  • 14. Which political faction did Mella represent?
A) Trinitarios
B) The Royalists
C) The Haitian Loyalists
D) The Conservative Party
  • 15. In which region did liberal positions find greater acceptance?
A) The South
B) Santo Domingo
C) Azua
D) Cibao
  • 16. What economic activity was common in the southern region during colonial times?
A) Tobacco production
B) Manufacturing
C) Extensive livestock farming
D) Textile trade
  • 17. What was Matías Ramón Mella's primary role during the Dominican War of Independence?
A) He was a foreign mercenary hired to fight the Haitians.
B) He was a diplomat who negotiated with the Spanish government.
C) He was one of the three principal leaders of the independence movement.
D) He served as the first president of the Dominican Republic.
  • 18. What symbolic act did Mella perform at the Puerta de la Misericordia on February 27th, 1844?
A) He fired a blunderbuss.
B) He delivered a speech to the citizens of Santo Domingo.
C) He signed the act of independence.
D) He hoisted the national flag for the first time.
  • 19. What military contribution did Mella make during the Dominican Restoration War?
A) He founded the first official military academy.
B) He prepared a manual on guerrilla warfare.
C) He served as the commander of the Spanish naval fleet.
D) He built the defensive walls of Santiago.
  • 20. What was the name of the era during which Mella was born in 1816?
A) España Boba
B) The Haitian Occupation
C) The Colonial Transition
D) The Restoration Era
  • 21. At what age did Mella become a Freemason?
A) 30
B) 18
C) 25
D) 21
  • 22. What was Mella's occupation at age 19 in San Cristóbal?
A) Precious wood cutter
B) Priest
C) Teacher
D) Merchant
  • 23. What is noted about the name 'Matías' in historical documentation regarding Mella?
A) There is little evidence he used the name Matías during his life.
B) It was the name he signed on all his official military decrees.
C) It was the name given to him by his fellow Trinitarios.
D) It was the name officially recorded on his marriage certificate.
  • 24. Who was Mella's sibling that played a key role in the protest against annexation to Spain?
A) Antonio Nicanor
B) Ildefonso
C) Manuela
D) Ramón María
  • 25. How many children did Mella have with his wife, Josefa Brea?
A) Four
B) Six
C) Two
D) Eight
  • 26. What was the reason historians believe Mella's education was likely private?
A) He was homeschooled by the clergy.
B) He attended a boarding school in Spain.
C) The scarcity of public schools during his childhood.
D) He was self-taught and refused formal schooling.
  • 27. In what year did Mella join La Trinitaria?
A) 1845
B) 1830
C) 1843
D) 1838
  • 28. Where did Mella travel in January 1843 to seek support?
A) Port-au-Prince
B) San Francisco de Macorís
C) Les Cayes
D) Santo Domingo
  • 29. At whose house did Mella stay while in Les Cayes?
A) Juan Pablo Duarte
B) Charles Rivière-Hérard
C) Jérôme-Maximilien Borgella
D) Boyer
  • 30. Where did Mella, Perez, and Pina meet to proclaim adherence to the Reform movement?
A) Les Cayes
B) Plaza del Carmen
C) Central Cibao
D) San Francisco de Macorís
  • 31. When did the Trinitarios win the local elections in Santo Domingo?
A) July 16
B) June 15
C) March 24
D) January 1843
  • 32. How long was Mella imprisoned in Port-au-Prince?
A) One month
B) Six months
C) One year
D) Two months
  • 33. What was the approximate population of Santo Domingo compared to Haiti?
A) 800,000
B) 1,000,000
C) 135,000
D) 500,000
  • 34. What was the approximate population of Haiti at the time mentioned?
A) 900,000
B) 300,000
C) 135,000
D) 800,000
  • 35. Who was the Haitian leader whose regime the Trinitarios sought to overthrow?
A) Duarte
B) Borgella
C) Boyer
D) Hérard
  • 36. What event prompted Mella to return to Santo Domingo?
A) The end of the exile period
B) Civil unrest in Haiti
C) The death of Duarte
D) A formal invitation from the Haitians
  • 37. What date was agreed upon for the Declaration of Independence?
A) February 28, 1844
B) January 16, 1844
C) March 1, 1844
D) February 27, 1844
  • 38. Why did Mella believe an alliance with conservatives was necessary?
A) The conservatives requested an alliance
B) Duarte had ordered the alliance
C) The liberal sector lacked the strength to overthrow Haitian rule alone
D) The conservatives controlled the military
  • 39. According to Manuel de Jesús Galván, what did Mella shout after the blunderbuss shot?
A) Victory is ours!
B) The revolution has begun!
C) Long live the Dominican Republic!
D) Independence or death!
  • 40. Who was the president of the Central Government Board on March 8, 1844?
A) Duarte
B) Mella
C) Sánchez
D) Bobadilla
  • 41. Who headed towards the capital to assume power after the victory in the Battle of Azua?
A) Auguste Levasseur
B) Francisco del Rosario Sánchez
C) Pedro Santana
D) Juan Pablo Duarte
  • 42. What happened on July 12, 1844, in Santo Domingo?
A) Santana crossed the city walls
B) The French protectorate was signed
C) Mella was elected president
D) The Haitians retook the city
  • 43. Where were Mella and Duarte imprisoned before being sent into exile?
A) Puerto Plata
B) Santo Domingo
C) Santiago
D) Azua
  • 44. Who led the hostility towards Mella that resulted in his imprisonment?
A) Pedro Santana
B) Antonio López Villanueva
C) Juan Isidro Pérez
D) Francisco Antonio Salcedo
  • 45. Where did Mella settle after being condemned to permanent exile?
A) Cuba
B) Puerto Rico
C) Haiti
D) France
  • 46. In what year were Mella and Sánchez granted amnesty to return to the Dominican Republic?
A) 1850
B) 1848
C) 1849
D) 1847
  • 47. Which president granted amnesty to Mella and Sánchez?
A) Buenaventura Báez
B) Manuel Jimenes
C) Faustin Soulouque
D) Pedro Santana
  • 48. What was Mella's occupation in Puerto Plata?
A) Secretary of State
B) Woodcuts
C) Politics
D) Army command
  • 49. Who led the third Haitian campaign against the Dominican Republic in 1849?
A) Buenaventura Báez
B) Antonio Duvergé
C) Faustin Soulouque
D) Manuel Jimenes
  • 50. To which city did Mella advise Antonio Duvergé to retreat during the 1849 conflict?
A) Baní
B) Puerto Plata
C) Azua
D) Santo Domingo
  • 51. What position did Santana appoint Mella to after the victory against the Haitians?
A) Secretary of State
B) Private secretary
C) Minister of Finance
D) Army general
  • 52. Who did Sánchez associate with while Mella maintained a relationship with Santana?
A) Manuel Jimenes
B) Buenaventura Báez
C) Antonio Duvergé
D) Faustin Soulouque
  • 53. What did Mella advocate for regarding Báez upon Santana's return to power?
A) Imprisonment
B) A promotion
C) Reconciliation
D) Banishment
  • 54. In what month and year did Mella embark for Puerto Rico to start his mission?
A) August 1854.
B) Early February 1854.
C) Late May 1856.
D) Mid-December 1853.
  • 55. Who provided Mella with credentials in Puerto Rico?
A) Fernándo Norzagaray y Escudero.
B) Pedro Santana.
C) Antonio María Segovia.
D) Luis José Sartorius.
  • 56. What was the name of the political scandal involving the Spanish consul and his supporters?
A) The Haitian Invasion Conspiracy.
B) The Vice Presidential Crisis.
C) The Mahogany Dispute.
D) Segovia Registration Scandal.
  • 57. What did Mella propose doing to stop the Spanish consul's actions?
A) Executing the consul for treason.
B) Expelling him from the nation.
C) Annexing the country to the United States.
D) Declaring war on Spain.
  • 58. Who did Mella suggest for the position of Vice President after declining it himself?
A) Manuel de Regla Mota.
B) Felipe Benicio Alfau.
C) Pedro Santana.
D) Antonio María Segovia.
  • 59. When did the revolution against Buenaventura Báez begin in Santiago?
A) July 7, 1857
B) August 1858
C) June 4, 1864
D) March 20, 1861
  • 60. Where was Mella imprisoned after refusing allegiance to Spain?
A) Puerto Plata prison
B) A fortress in Saint Thomas
C) Ozama Fortress
D) Santiago jail
  • 61. To which location was Mella deported after his imprisonment in 1861?
A) Spain
B) Haiti
C) France
D) Saint Thomas
  • 62. At what age did Matías Ramón Mella die?
A) 45
B) 50
C) 48
D) 75
  • 63. In what year did President Ulises Heureaux officially recognize the Founding Fathers?
A) 1891
B) 1894
C) 1890
D) 1944
  • 64. Who ordered the transfer of the remains of the Founding Fathers to the Altar of the Homeland in 1944?
A) Rafael Trujillo
B) Ulises Heureaux
C) Juan Pablo Duarte
D) Gregorio Luperón
  • 65. Which war, besides the War of Independence, is Mella revered for his leadership in?
A) The Spanish-American War
B) The Haitian Revolution
C) The World War
D) The Restoration War
  • 66. What specific district of Santo Domingo is named after Mella and recognized for its African heritage?
A) Puerta del Conde
B) San Luis
C) Villa Mella
D) Independencia
  • 67. How long had it been since Duarte and Mella had seen each other before their final meeting in 1864?
A) Ten years
B) Five years
C) Forty-eight years
D) Twenty years
  • 68. In 2001, which organization recognized Villa Mella for its African heritage?
A) UNESCO
B) The United Nations
C) The Dominican Government
D) The Organization of American States
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