Haitian Revolution Flashcards

1
Q

what are the historical circumstances that led to the haitian revolution

A

ispired by the french and american revolution

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2
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who’s on top

haitian social class structure

A

grads blancs: white people from frace

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3
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who’s in the middle

haitian social class structure

A
  • slaves brought to freedom
  • gens de colear: 1/2 french
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4
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whos at the bottom

haitian social class structure

A

slaves

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5
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what was the role of slavery in haiti

pre revolution

A

the econemy ran on slaves, because the econemy ran on resources that slaves worked to obtain

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how was the haitian revolution influenced by the french revolution

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france’s revolution was successful, and haiti thought they could do the same

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7
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why did it happen

slave revolt

A

slaves revolted because they wanted freedom from doing so much work and being mistreated

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what did they do

slave revolt

A

the slaves burned down the plantations that they worked on

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9
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who was he

Toussaint Louverture

A

a former slave who was educated and smart

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what did he do

Toussaint Louverture

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he led the slaves to safty after the revolt and tried to propose the slaves to go back to their old lives w/ a better life and fair pay

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11
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how did he react to the slave revolt

Napolean

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he sent an army to recontrol the slaves, but the slaves won

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12
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who led the slaves against napolean

A

Toussaint Louverture

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13
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what did france do in reaction to free haiti

A

they made haiti pay a debt of 100 million (20 billion today) for their slaves

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14
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how long was haiti paying off their debt

A

more than a century

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15
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what is haiti like today b/c of france

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today haiti is poor and gang-filled

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