Ancien Regime
During the Ancien Regime, France was ruled by a King who had complete power over the French government. This system of government is known as a ________
Monarchy
The ideas of the Ancien Regime were challenged by the ____________, a period of new ideas focusing on equality
Enlightenment
When the Haitian Revolution began, Haiti was a colony of the __________ Empire (meaning it was ruled by this empire).
French Empire
This Enlightenment thinker wrote about "Natural Rights" -- all men are born with the rights of Life, Liberty, and Property, regardless of their Estate
John Locke
Free people of color/mulattos
The Second Estate were large landowners also known as __________
Nobility/Nobles
The French Revolution began at the 1789 Estates General meeting when representatives from the Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath and formed their own government known as the ________ _________
National Assembly
In Haiti's 1791 slave revolt, enslaved Africans in Haiti burned down the sugar ____________ where they were forced to work and escaped to the mountains
plantations
The Third Estate was mostly made up of these two groups:
Peasant (poor farmers) and Bourgeoisie (businesspeople)
In 1792, the King and Queen were executed by guillotine in the "Reign of Terror," along with anyone suspected of supporting them. The leader of the Revolution during this time was named Maximilien _______________
Robespierre
This man is known as the "Father of the Haitian Revolution":
Toussaint L'Ouverture
During the Ancien Regime, people believed that the King was chosen by God to rule over France. This idea is known as the _______ _______ of Kings.
Divine Right
After the chaos of the Reign of Terror, a military general took control of France and crowned himself Emperor. His name was ____________ Bonaparte.
Napoleon
In 1804, Haitian President Jean-Jaques Dessalines wrote a new _____________ for Haiti which banned slavery and banned white people from owning land