Haitian Revolution

Question 1

what is the social hierarchy?

Answer 1

1. white plantation owners
2. Free black men
3. poor white people
4. slaves

Question 2

Toussaint Louverture

Answer 2

A former Haitian general that led a successful slave revolt and emancipated the slaves in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (Haiti).

Question 3

What was the revolution about?

Answer 3

Toussaint l’Ouverture led this uprising, which in 1790 resulted in the successful overthrow of French colonial rule on this Caribbean island. This revolution set up the first black government in the Western Hemisphere and the world’s second democratic republic (after the US). The US was reluctant to give full support to this republic led by former slaves.

Question 4

who were the leaders?

Answer 4

Toussaint L’Ouverture - units a lot of the slaves an teamed up with Spain to go after feeling threaten by numbers the french gave the slaves freedom

Question 5

Spanish Colonies

Answer 5

Peninsulares- (Spanish Aristocrats)
Creoles- (Descendants of Peninsulares)
Mestizos- (Caucasian/ Indian mixed)
Mulattoes(Caucasian/ African mixed)
Native American Indians
African Slaves

Question 6

Jean-Jacques Dessalines

Answer 6

A brutal general who took over for 90

Question 6

Jean-Jacques Dessalines

Answer 6

A brutal general who took over for 90

Question 6

Jean-Jacques Dessalines

Answer 6

A brutal general who took over for Haiti after Louverture was captured and put into prison. He is one of Haiti’s founding fathers.