Haitian Revolution

Question 1

Code Noir:

Answer 1

meant to govern conduct of slave owners but provides little real; protection for slaves

Question 2

Laws of March, 1790:

Answer 2

colonies can regulate their own internal affairs, citizens authorized to elect representatives to local assemblies, white landowners believe they have the right to determine citizenship and therefore exclude blacks from citizenship

Question 3

Haitian Insurrection

Answer 3

led by Vincent Oge fails to achieve its goals; brutal response by whites convinces many free blacks that they can’t obtain their goals through peaceful means

Question 4

Rewbell Amendment:

Answer 4

created the granting full political rights to free men of color whose parents were also free (amendment really affects very few people, but is seen by white landlords as a usurpation of their ability to regulate their own affairs by the National Assembly

Question 5

May15th Decree:

Answer 5

granted citizenship to all free men of color whose parents are free (National Assembly repeals this, West Province could no longer claim they were expressing their natural rights when it is repealed)

Question 6

Sonthonax:

Answer 6

arrived as French Civil Commissioner in Saint Domin along with 6-7,000 French troops to restore French Authority, enforce the political rights of the gens de couler, and put down the slave rebellion

Question 7

Ouverture

Answer 7

originally indifferent to the slave uprisings but the revolut finds him: his beliefs Catholicism faith condemns slavery and Enlightenment emphasis on equality

Question 8

Haitian Revolution,

Answer 8

series of conflicts between 1791 and 1804 between Haitian slaves, colonists, the armies of the British and French colonizers, and a number of other parties. Through the struggle, the Haitian people ultimately won independence from France and thereby became the first country to be founded by former slaves.

Question 9

Major causes

Answer 9

In May 1791 the French revolutionary government granted citizenship to the wealthier affranchis, but Haiti’s European population disregarded the law. Within two months isolated fighting broke out between Europeans and affranchis, and in August thousands of slaves rose in rebellion.
Léger-Félicité Sonthonax, was sent from France to maintain order and offered freedom to slaves who joined his army; he soon abolished slavery

Question 10

Bonaparte’s role in rev

Answer 10

French Dictator, bring back slavery, and establish control of St. Domain

Question 11

Who is Jean Jacques Dessalines?

Answer 11

Jean-Jacques Dessalines (Haitian Creole: Jan-Jak Desalin; French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ʒak dɛsalin]; 20 September 1758 – 17 October 1806) was a Haitian revolutionary, the leader of the Haitian Revolution, and the first ruler of an independent Haiti under the 1805 constitution; killed by his own troops when suppressing a revolt

Question 12

Why was Dessaline assassinated?

Answer 12

Death. Disaffected members of Dessalines’s administration, including Alexandre Pétion and Henri Christophe, began a conspiracy to overthrow the Emperor. Dessalines was assassinated north of the capital city, Port-au-Prince, at Larnage (now known as Pont-Rouge), on 17 October 1806, on his way to fight the rebels.