Haitian Revolution

Question 1

When did the Haitian Revolution start and end?

Answer 1

1791-1804

Question 2

What revolution heavily influenced Saint Domingue?

Answer 2

French Revolution

Question 3

What was the economic status before and after the revolution?

Answer 3

BEFORE: wealthiest colony at the time as it produced 40% of the world’s sugar and 50% of the world’s coffee

AFTER: many plantations were destroyed after the revolution and the land was divided into parcels, each parcel was owned by a “free slave”; all of the outcomes led to a decrease in export goods, while the population largely depended on self-sufficient agriculture

Question 4

MAIN CAUSES

Answer 4

influence from the French Revolution and the brutality of the plantation owners led to ideas of revolution/conflict between the social classes

Question 5

SOCIAL CLASSES BEFORE AND AFTER

Answer 5

BEFORE: 40,000 whites (petits blancs), 30,000 mixed raced (gens de coulour), and 500,000; whites were opposed to the idea of “rights of man” applying to everybody including slaves
» slaves revolted by burning 1000 plantations and killed many people

Question 6

OUTCOMES

Answer 6

the economy was destroyed and it was the only successful slave rebellion; Saint Domingue was renamed Haiti and became an independent republic

Question 7

TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE

Answer 7

he was a Haitian general, originally fought for the French, and the most prominent leader of the slave army

Question 8

DESSALINES

Answer 8

was the first head of state and declared all people to be “black” and free; also gave everybody small parcels of land&raquo_space; small scale farming&raquo_space; little export of goods