French Revolution I
The palace Louis XVI lived in before the revolution
What is (the palace of )Versailles ?
Three is the number of this French representative body
What are the (Estates) General ?
This country held Haiti as a colonial possession
What is France ?
The continent Haiti is on
What is (North) America ?
What is French ?
The intellectual leader of the French Revolution
Who was Robespierre ?
The largest of the three estates
What is the commoners?
This social group outnumbered all others in Haiti
Who are slaves ?
Haiti mostly produced this crop
What is sugar?
This person, never uttered the phrase "Let them eat cake."
Who is Marie Antoinette ?
This intellectual movement gave rise to the French Revolution
What is the Enlightenment?
A staple of the French Diet
What is bread ?
Not all Black people in Haiti were slaves, some were this
What is a free black/person of color?
White people in Haiti were divided into these two social categories
What are grand blancs and petit blancs
This was split up and redistributed following the Haitian Revolution
What is land ? What are plantations ?
Invented to facilitate executions
What is the guillotine ?
This oath led the Third Estate to revolt against the Monarchy
What is the Tennis Court Oath ?
Greater independence and economic freedom were hopes of this Haitian social group
What are grand blancs ?
Equality in citizenship and economic opportunities were the goals of this Haitian social group
What are petit blancs?
This man was the leader of the Haitian revolution
Who is Touissant L'Ouverture ?
Robespierre called for this during the terror of 1796
This man ruled over France after the fall of the Republic
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte ?
This Haitian social group wanted equal rights and treatment for all free people, regardless of race
Who are free people of color ?
Following independence, Haiti changed its name to Haiti from this name
What is Saint Domingue ?
Following Haiti's revolution, most countries did not recognize it for this reason. (Hint: it ends in -ism)
What is racism?