Haitians Gonna Hate
Known as "The black George Washington," he fought three Empires and enraged Napoleon
Who was Toussaint Louverture?
This slogan represented American colonists' frustration after Britain passed the Stamp Act and Townshend Acts.
What was No Taxation Without Representation?
King Louis XVI enraged French commoners by instituting these after funding the American Revolution.
What were higher taxes?
This country was the home of the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.
What was England?
This American invented the cotton gin in 1793.
Who was Eli Whitney?
The Haitian Revolution, led by this group of people, was the only one in the History of the World where they successfully created a new nation.
Who were Slaves?
This motivated the French, Spanish, and Dutch to support the colonists in their revolution.
What was revenge on Britain?
This was the largest Estate in French society.
What was the Third Estate?
This new rapid method of travel allowed for easy transport of people and goods.
What was the railroad?
This Scotsman invented the steam engine in 1769.
Who was James Watt?
This Revolution's slogan of "Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity" inspired the Haitian Revolution.
What was the French Revolution?
This was the location of the final, decisive battle of the Revolutionary War.
Where was Yorktown?
This new "humane" method of execution was invented during the French Revolution.
What was the guillotine?
This method of production was developed during the Industrial Revolution as a faster and more efficient alternative.
What was the assembly line?
This leader of the French Revolution was executed by the same instrument that he sentenced thousands to death by in 1794.
Who was Maximilien Robespierre?
This nation aided the Haitian rebels in order to reduce French power.
Who was Spain?
The Founding Fathers were influenced by his "Second Treatise of Civil Government," including the concept of natural rights and the right to life, liberty, and property.
Who was John Locke?
Louis XVI was forced to accept the authority of this group after he failed to escape to Poland.
What is the National Assembly?
Workers developed these in order to fight against long hours, low wages, poor working conditions, and child labor.
What are unions?
The concepts of a Social Contract and separation of powers in this French philosopher's 1748 book "The Spirit of the Law" inspired the founders of the American Republic.
Who was Montesquieu?
This nation greatly feared the Haitian Revolution because of concerns their own slaves would be inspired to revolt.
What was the United States?
England raised taxes on the colonists via the Stamp Act and Townshend Act to pay for debt incurred from this.
What was The Seven Years War?
This French prison and symbol of Royal oppression was razed to the ground during the early stages of the French Revolution.
What was the Bastille?
Inspired by Adam Smith, this economic system of private ownership and investment spurred rapid economic growth during the Industrial Revolution.
What was capitalism?
This Englishman patented an efficient process to create steel in 1856.
Who was Henry Bessemmer?