Outline 7, part 4 (The Haitian Revolution) Flashcards
The _______ is known to be the largest and most succesful slave rebellion in the Western Hemisphere. From 1791 - 1803 they ended slavery and French control over the colony.
Haitain Revolution
Before it was called Haiti it was called __________, a French sugar colony controlled by planter elites. it was very rich because a lot of slaves produced not only sugar, but also cotton, coffee and indigo.
Saint Dominigue
___________ was the revolutionary leader of the Saint Domingue (Haiti) rebellion. He joined the French and even abolished slavery in Spain.
Toussaint L’Ouverture
On January 1st, 1804 ________________ led the battle of Vertieres and beat the french, on this date he named this nation independant and was called Haiti.
Jean - Jacques Dessalines
The Haitian revolution was influenced by the ______ because it gave their people hope and made them realize that their dreams were possible.
French revolution
Before the Haitian Revolution, African slaves made up over _______ percent of the Haitian population.
90%
The people consisted of 4 groups: the white plantation owners, the ________, the poor whites (petite blancs), and then the slaves.
free people of color
The revolution started when a slave rebellion began after some slaves heard a rumor that ____________. They probably got this idea from the “rights of man” document.
the king of france had freed them
The free people of color started to riot in ______, but were brutally suppressed when the french sent troops.
Saint Domingue
When the British and Spanish tried to take over the island, the French extended citizenship to _______
free people of color and free slaves
The spanish supported the slave revolts on the island because they hoped it _________.
weakened the French
The British, who were also at war with the French, decided to invade __________.
Saint Domingue
The French knew it couldn’t defeat the spain, brittian, and the slaves, so it decided to _________.
Free the slaves
_________ set up a constitutional government for Saint Domingue
Touissant L’ Ouverture
In 1802, __________ decides to take the island back, and he captured L’Overture.
Napolean
L’Overtures soldiers kept fighting, even though he was captured and died in prison. Thousands of French soldiers died from ________, rather than weapons, which led to the French collapse in December 1803.
yellow fever
