How Did The Haitian Revolution Become A Republic

In all respects, revolution and any radical changes in a political system will result from an authorities’ heavy enforcing of ideologies on a common population. The Haitian Revolution was an accomplished movement resulting in the self liberation of slaves against French colonial rule in Saint Domingue. The French Revolution was an insurrection against the monarchy, that would lead to France becoming a republic. The French Revolution was inherent in a series of revolts against corrupt French authoritarians, which lasted ten years from 1789 to 1799. Previously, life in Europe had been mainly determined by one's status. As most social hierarchies, there was a great division between the wealthy and the poor. The wealthy, known as the first
The poor, the third estate, made up 97% of the population, and had to struggle to survive. This was majorly demonstrated in the French’s system of taxes, because the third estate had a hard time paying half of their wages. Crop failure was also a great issue in society, because this meant the price the price of bread increased taking up most of the expenses for the poor. The American Revolution and it’s declare of independence from Britain gave have hope to the poverty in France. Simultaneously, King Louis XVI had led France in major debt as a result of his wasteful spending. He would then call for a meeting of the Estates- General, which didn’t end up as he had anticipated. These representatives of each estate used the meeting to address the king and the social problems they were facing. Due to King Louis XVI’s locking out the representatives of the third estate from the meeting, leading them to meet in a tennis court in which both the tennis court oath and French constitution was formed. After this, the king had built up troops around the capital city provoking the supporters of the National Assembly rioted and attacked the prison of bastille. These rioters’ storming of the Bastille established a radical government in France. Eventually
Subsequently, L’ouverture was succeeded in abolishing slavery throughout the entire island, as well as in his becoming the governor for life of Hispaniola(the entire island). Essentially Haiti could now claim its independence as well as identify as a republic. Socially, it was very significant for there be a change in society in regards to the power people of color had. People's lives did change, starting off economically. The French suffered a loss of supplies and money due to a halt of embargo. Due to the end of slavery and work on plantations, the production of goods decreased and slowed down the French's profit. The international responses to the revolution was a threat for other countries that thrived off slavery. The Haitian Revolution was the first time a possibility of a successful slave rebellion was taken serious. Lastly, similarly to the French Revolution, there was a massive loss of lives among black and white citizens. As well as a great loss of property, due to the destruction of numerous