Haitian Revolution

Question 1

Haitian Revolution

Answer 1

• ideas in Haiti come from the first two (American and French Revolutions)

Question 2

demographics

Answer 2

• Caribbean island
• French colony - sugar and coffee
• most living there were slaves working on plantations
• • 500,000 slaves
• • 40,000 rich and poor white

Question 3

1781- Slave Revolt led by Toussaint Louverture

Answer 3

• very successful revolt
• many plantations were burned down
• most white were killed and social structure was eliminated with whites ruling
• slaves divided plantations into small plots (made Haiti poor due to this change)

Question 4

note

Answer 4

• original name of Haiti is Sainte-Dominique
• after the successful revolt, they changed the name to Haiti (“rugged”)
• Haiti would inspire more revolts in Latin and South America

Question 5

South American Independence

Answer 5

A. Haiti was the first “Western Hemisphere” country to win independence
B. Napoleon’s troops in Spain and Portugal gave the colonists their chance
C. French and American Revolutions gave them an example of how to revolt
D. Simon Bolivar
1. ‘The Liberator’
2. ‘The George Washington of South America’
3. Freed the northern half of South America
a. Venezuela, Colombia

Question 6

Ecuador

Answer 6

E. San Martin
1. Freed the southern part of South America
a. Argentina, Peru, Chile
2. A Creole, educated in Spain, live in Argentina
3. Gave his troops to Bolivar and retired to his estate
F. Dom Pedro
1. Brazil was under the control of Portugal
2. The Creoles in Brazil decided they wanted their independence
3. there was little or no fighting, very peaceful
4. Dom Pedro became the first ruler of Brazil

Question 7

the massive slave revolt in Haiti in 1791 was triggered by ________

Answer 7

• a rumor that the king had outlawed slavery

Question 8

of the 570,000 inhabitants of French controlled Haiti (St. Dominique), 500,000 were _____

Answer 8

• slaves

Question 9

the two main exports from Haiti when it was controlled by the French were ______

Answer 9

• sugar and coffee

Question 10

thee Haitain Revolution is unique because _______

Answer 10

• it was the only successful slave revolt in world history

Question 11

______ is considered the George Washington of South America

Answer 11

• Simon Bolivar