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?
What happened to Haiti's economy after end of colonial rule?
decimated
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 ?
What is the capital of Haiti today?
What is Port-au-Prince?
Which Latin American leader was inspired by the Haitian Revolution?
Simon Bolivar
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 impoverished Blacks, both free and slave
white planters
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?