The Start
This colony was known as the richest sugar colony in the Caribbean.
What is Saint-Domingue?
This leader became the most famous general of the revolution.
Who is Toussaint Louverture?
This idea says all people are born with basic rights.
What are Natural Rights?
This revolution inspired ideas of equality and liberty in Haiti.
What is the French Revolution?
Haiti became the first country to abolish this completely.
What is slavery?
This year marks the beginning of the Haitian Revolution.
What is 1791?
This French ruler tried to regain control of Haiti.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
This concept argues that people can overthrow unjust rulers.
What is the Right to Rebel?
This earlier revolution influenced ideas of independence and rights.
What is the American Revolution?
Haiti became the first independent nation in this region.
What is Latin America/Caribbean?
This group led the initial uprising against slavery.
Who were enslaved Africans?
This group of people included free people of color who also demanded rights.
Who are gens de couleur?
This Enlightenment idea influenced both the French and Haitian Revolutions.
What is Equality?
This country originally controlled Haiti before independence.
What is France?
Haiti adopted this type of leadership under Dessalines.
What is an empire (he declared himself emperor)?
Harsh conditions in plantations caused this type of resistance.
What is revolt/rebellion?
This leader declared Haiti's independence in 1804.
Who is Jean-Jacques Dessalines?
This document inspired revolutionary thinking in Haiti.
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
These Enlightenment thinkers inspired revolutionary ideas about rights.
Who are philosophers (like Locke, Rousseau)?
Haiti's revolution inspired enslaved people in other countries to do this.
What is rebel/resist slavery?