Haitian Revolution

What year did the Haitian  Revolution begin?

• F1791

• A1791

• 1791

• 1776

To the ______________, the promise of the French Revolution was a personal freedom that challenged the entire slave labor system.

• white

• blancs

• slaves

• king

Whites numbered about 40,000, sharply divided between very well-to-do plantation owners, merchants, and lawyers and those known as___________________________.

• petits blancs, or poor whites

• kings and rich people

• slaves

• race mixed

In the 1700’s the most valuable export from the French colony in Saint-Domingue (Haiti) was

• Cotton

• Gold

• Slaves

• Sugar

What country did Haiti gain its independence from ___?

• France

• England

•  Spain

• The United States

What did the French call Haiti?

• Saint Domingue

• Santo Domingo

• Hispaniola

• New Spain

What classes lead the Haitian Revolution?

• Peninsulares & Creoles

• People of Color & Slaves

• 2nd & 3rd Estates

• Slaves & Creoles

Who lead the Haitian military to victory over the French?

• Louverature

• Dessalines

• Boukman

• Napoleon

All of the following were causes of the Haitian independence movement, EXCEPT

• Inspiration from the Enlightenment ideas

• Inspiration from the French and American revolutions

• Anger at being denied the same rights as French citizens

• Anger about high taxes

What made the Haitian revolution different than the American and French revolutions

• It was a slave revolt.

• It was inspired by the ideas of the Enlightenment

• Colonists were angry about unfair taxes and mercantilism

• It ended in a democratic form of government.