American Inspiration
Both America and France were rebelling against this style of government, opting for a republican government instead
What is a monarchy?
This king and queen lost their heads during the height of the French Revolution
Who were Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette?
This formerly enslaved man would initiate a slave uprising on the island of Haiti, which would eventually result in the first Black republic in the world
Who was Toussaint L’Ouverture?
Napoleon was this type of leader, previously only available to noblemen and the aristocracy
What is a military leader?
This is the government term for repairing something, or the act of making up for a wrong done to a group of people
What are reparations?
This founding father and writer of the Declaration of Independence was a huge influence on France’s Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
This influential Jacobin leader was eventually seen as too radical even for the rebels and was executed in 1794
Who was Maximilien Robespierre?
These goods made Haiti a very profitable colony for France (there are four goods - name three of them)
What were sugar, coffee, indigo, and cotton?
Napoleon replaced The Directory in this, a French term for a hostile takeover
What is a coup d’etat?
France had this type of government prior to the start of the French Revolution
What is an absolute monarchy?
The Americans either imprisoned, banished, or pardoned British sympathizers after the war, while French revolutionaries opted for this method to deal with their enemies
What was death by guillotine?
This leader of the French Revolution was eventually executed for opposing the extreme violence of the Reign of Terror
Who was George Danton?
What were human rights, universal citizenship, and participation in government?
This leader would eventually crown Napoleon emperor of France in 1804
Who was Napoleon?
This group of enslaved Black Haitians were runaways on the island who hid from their masters
Who were maroons?
Both the American and French declarations omitted this group of people from being included in equal rights
Who were Black citizens?
This journalist inflamed the passions of the French citizens, and inspired the common people to revolt
Who was Jean-Paul Marat?
These four classes of people made up the population of Haiti prior to the revolution (there are 4 classes - name 3 of them)
Who were the Grand Blancs, the Petit Blancs, the free Blacks, and the enslaved?
While Napoleon attempted to conquer many areas in Europe, he also created several of these, which helped lift France’s peasant class out of poverty
What are colleges and universities?
This was the original name for the island of Haiti - it was changed after the revolution to a term which means “land of high mountains”
What is Saint-Domingue?
These two influential men convinced France to give America financial and military assistance during their revolution against Great Britain
Who were the Marquis de Lafayette and Benjamin Franklin?
This conservative government entity came into power after France had executed its monarchs - and about 40,000 other enemies as well
What was The Directory?
Originally, this neighboring country was also conquered by Haitian revolutionaries, but is now a separate nation
What is the Dominican Republic?
Napoleon was defeated at this famous battle, and eventually died of cancer while imprisoned on the Isle of Elba
What is the Battle of Waterloo?
Prior to the French Revolution, these three classes of French citizens were also known as the “Three Estates”
Who were the clergy, the aristocracy, and the common people?