Origins
The French Revolution inspired this colony to rise up against its oppressors to the dismay of French military and political leaders, like Napoleon.
What is Saint-Domingue?
This leader of the Indian independence movement taught non-violent resistance, using satyagraha or soul-force, to lead with important grassroots efforts like the Salt March.
Who is Mohandas or Mahatma Gandhi?
What is non-violence?
This group sat at the top of the social hierarchy in Saint-Domingue.
Who were the Euoprean/French plantation owners (grands-blancs)?
This leader's assassination at the hands of a right-wing Hindu nationalist presented a challenge to the dreams of a secular state.
Who is Mohandas/Mahatma Gandhi?
The formation of this political party in 1885 signaled a growing consciousness and desire for independence in India.
What is the Indian National Congress (INC)?
Despite his central role in Haitian independence, this leader died in a jail cell in France after he was forcibly captured by the French.
Who was Toussaint L'Ouverture?
The French used this method to stop the spread of information in Algeria; they blocked radio signals and even outlawed certain types of batteries.
What is censorship?
Characterized by guerilla warfare and various war crimes, this country's independence movement was an important victory for anti-colonialism efforts throughout Africa.
What was the Algerian war for independence?
Haiti tried to create diplomatic ties with this country after it achieved independence, but it struggled to achieve an equitable relationship.
What is Great Britain?
Many individuals from Algeria served on the behalf of the French during this conflict, which later led to a call for independence in Algeria.
What was World War II?
This leader of the Algerian independence movement fought alongside the French during WWII, where he earned medals of honor; his soccer skills also earned him offers to play professionally, which he declined in favor of leading the movement.
Who was Ahmed Ben Bella?
Dutty Boukman realized the power of this religion to unite and invigorate people for a cause.
What is vodou?
What is torture/brutality?
Religious divisions and ideological differences led to the partition which created this new nation in 1947.
What is Pakistan?
Principles such as the right to life, liberty and property rose to prominence after this intellectual movement in Europe.
What was the Enlightenment?
He led India from the 1930's to independence from Britain and then served as its first prime minister for seventeen years.
Who was Jawaharlal Nehru?
In this speech delivered on the dawn on Indian independence in 1947, Jawaharlal Nehru inspired the people of India to take responsibility for building a new nation with opportunity for all.
What is the Tryst with Destiny?
This rebellion of Indian soldiers against the British East India Company's rule showed signs of discontent that would continue to growth into the 20th century.
What was the Sepoy Mutiny/Indian Rebellion of 1857?
These crops were destroyed as the plantations burned; the over-dependence on them presented a challenge to the new Haitian nation.
What are sugar cane, coffee, cotton, indigo, and cacao?
This concept that colonized countries in Africa should work together to achieve freedom improved solidarity among people throughout the world.
What is Pan-Africanism?
His experiences as an enslaved person fueled his determination to use all means necessary to defeat the French in Haiti; under his rule Haiti became the first country in the Americas to abolish slavery.
Who was Jean-Jacques Dessalines?
Historian Michel-Rolph Trouillot characterizes the historiography of the Haitian Revolution as being "silenced" by that of this revolution that happened around the same time in Europe. (from Wikipedia's "Haitian Revolution" page)
What was the French Revolution?
This massacre of May 8, 1945 suppressed Algerian nationalist sentiments after World War Two.
What is Sétif and Guelma massacre?
Who were the Berbers?