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The US Marines invaded Haiti in an attempt to squash a rebellion and restore power to the US backed Haitian government. Somewhere around 40,000 Haitian rebels participated in the 1918 rebellion, around 2,000 of who were killed upon America's arrival and subsequent occupation. Through a treaty 3 years earlier, the US Government secured a powerful position within Haitian affairs including military control. Then, in 1917, US Navy official Franklin Roosevelt reworked the Haitian Constitution in order to allow foreigners to purchase land; an act that had been forbidden since the Haitian Revolution. The privatization of land by US corporations further opened Haiti up to economic exploitation at the expense of its citizens. No wonder people revolted.