Colonial Context
The main economic export of colonial Haiti was dominated by this cash crop
What is sugar?
The revolution began with a large scale uprising by enslaved Africans in this year
What is 1791?
Group of people whose revolt in 1791 started Haiti on the path to independence
What are enslaved people?
After achieving independence in 1804, Haiti became the world's first _________________.
First Atlantic revolution to establish a republic
What is the American Revolution?
Haiti was a colony of this country before independence
What is France?
French announcement in 1794 that showed support for the Haitian rebels and shifted the momentum of the revolution
What is abolition of slavery / freedom?
Haitian revolutionary leader called the Black George Washington
Who is Toussaint L'Ouverture?
Natural disasters that have devastated Haiti in recent years
What are hurricanes and earthquakes?
What is taxation?
The name of Haiti right before independence
What is Saint Domingue?
In 1791, the free people of color in Haiti sent a petition to the French government asking for this
What is citizenship or equal rights?
French leader who tried to reinstate slavery in Haiti
The fear of this prevented the United States from acknowledging Haiti until 1862
What is spreading slave revolts?
What is liberty, equality, and brotherhood/fraternity?
A third to half of slaves died within this amount of time upon arrival
What is 3 years?
In 1793, Toussaint L'Ouverture made a deal with this European country to get weapons and ammunition
What is Spain?
Haitian general who won Haiti's independence in 1804
Who is Jean-Jacques Dessalines?
This is how long it took Haiti to pay France reparations
What is 122 years?
The island upon which Haiti is located was originally called this by early Spanish explorers
What is Hispaniola?
The British were expelled from Haiti in this year
What is 1798?
American president who agreed with Napoleon Bonaparte that a free black republic was undesirable
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This is the amount of money Haiti had to pay France in today's money
What is $20-30 billion?
What is the Grito de Dolores?