People
First leader of the Revolution
Who is Toussaint Louverture?
System that Haiti's economy was built on before the Revolution (hint: think farms)
What is the plantation system?
Country that ruled Haiti as a colony before the Revolution
What is France?
Group that made up roughly 90% of the population before the Revolution
Who are enslaved Africans?
Ruthless general who issued the Haitian Declaration of Independence
Who is Jean-Jacques Dessalines?
What are sugar and coffee?
Event in Europe that helped spark the Haitian Revolution
What is the French Revolution OR what is the Enlightenment
3 main racial groups in Haiti before the Revolution
What are Black, White, and Mixed-Race?
Who is Léger-Félicité Sonthonax?
How rich Haiti was compared to other colonies before the Revolution
What is the richest colony in the world?
Year that the Haitian Revolution began
What is 1791?
Name of the voyage enslaved people were forced to take between Africa and the Americas?
What is the Middle Passage? (alt: what is the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade?)
French leader who tried to reconquer Haiti in 1802
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
Event that ruined Haiti's economy AFTER the Revolution
What is the huge debt to France?
Goal of the French expedition to Haiti in 1802
What is re-enslave the popluation?
Year that slavery was (first) abolished in Haiti
What is 1793?