American
True or False: Farmers in the northern British colonies of North America tended to be small and independent.
True
What caused France's fiscal crisis before the French Revolution?
The Seven Years' War (French and Indian War) and their support of the American Revolution
What was the largest group of people living in Haiti before the revolution?
Slaves (90%)
What country ruled Venezuela before the revolution?
Spain
True or False: the Haitian Revolution abolished slavery.
True
What was the main type of economic activity in the southern British colonies of North America?
Plantation-based agriculture
What was the government established by the Third Estate during the French Revolution known as?
The French National Assembly
This man was a brilliant general and former slave who led the Haitian Rebellion
Toussaint L'Ouverture
Who were the criollos?
Spaniards born in the Americas
What were two groups of people living in British North America who were not of European ancestry?
African-Americans and Native Americans
What happened at Lexington and Concord in 1775?
First shots of the Revolutionary War (The Shot Heard 'Round the World)
Name two of the freedoms guaranteed in the French Constitution of 1791.
Representative government, civil liberties, equality before the law.
How did the grands blancs make their wealth?
As plantation owners
What was one of the major crops grown in colonial Venezuela?
Cocoa and coffee
True or False: Slavery was permanently abolished in Venezuela in 1819.
False
How did the US Constitution deal with the issue of slavery?
Allowed it - and counted each slave as 3/5ths of a person when determining representation. (3/5ths Compromise)
What did Napoleon do about slavery when he came to power?
Reinstated it
What was the issue that caused the Haitian petits blancs to revolt against the grands blancs?
Lack of representation in government and voting rights in 1789 (the Estates-General)
This man was a wealthy criollo who led Venezuela to independence in 1819
Simon Bolivar
Who were the hacendados in Venezuela?
Planter elites
What type of freedom did merchant elites want in the American Revolution?
Freedom from British economic and mercantilist restrictions (economic freedom)
What type of work did the sans-culottes do?
Artisan labor in workshops (manufacturing)
How did the United States respond to the Haitian Revolution?
By placing an embargo on Haiti to hurt them economically
This term refers to a group dictatorship set up in Caracas, Venezuela after the colonial governor was deposed.
the junta
In what year was Louis XVI executed?
1793