1) What was the main objective of the French Revolution and what was it intended to do? The main objective of the French Revolution and its intended to do was‚ to culminate in the elimination of slavery there and the founding of the Republic of Haiti. 2) In what way did the French revolution influence the Haitian revolution? The French revolution influence the Haitian revolution by the declaration‚ not only for people of France but for every human‚ also by becoming friends of black people society
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factors which impeded the development of a Haitian state after 1804 The American Revolution of 1776 proclaimed that all men have “inalienable rights‚” but the revolutionaries did not draw what seems to us the logical conclusion from this statement: that slavery and racial discrimination cannot be justified. It took the Civil War of 1861-65 to bring about emancipation. Just when the American constitution was going into effect in 1789‚ a revolution broke out in France. Like the American revolutionaries
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Elias Fuller FORM: 5S HISTORY SBA Why Was There A Revolution In Haiti? The Haitian Revolution of 1791-1803 was mainly about when the slaves rose up and revolted against the whites and had successfully driven them out of the French Colony of Saint-Dominigue (which is the primitive name of Haiti) declaring the independent Republic of Haiti in the year 1803. It was also propelled by the free Mulattoes (first generation
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The Haitian revolution occurred in the colony of Saint Domingue at the time of the French Revolution‚ whose causes were serious economic problems. The failure of the expansionism of Louis XIV had multiple consequences for the whole society in France. For 1789‚ which marks the beginning of the revolutionary process in France‚ the economic crisis had worsened greatly‚ reflecting a crisis of state finances. The French Revolution clearing all obstacles to the development of capitalism in France‚ being
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The Haitian Revolution was one of the most successful slave revolutions of all time. During the period before the Haitian Revolution‚ Haiti was one of the richest countries in the Western Hemisphere: fueled by slave labor. Slaves were forced to work as long as the sun was up and they often spent all day chopping or hacking at sugar cane with a machete. If the slaves refused to work‚ they were shot or beaten. This upsets me because people of color were treated like lesser beings because of their skin
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The Haitian Revolution is described as the largest and most successful slave rebellion in the Western Hemisphere. It was first initiated in 1791 by slaves‚ with Toussaint L’Ouverture as the leader of the pack. They had become successful by 1803 by ending slavery as well as putting an end to the control that the French had over their colonies. Back in the 18th century‚ Saint Domingue‚ as Haiti was once called‚ was France’s wealthiest overseas colony because of its sugar‚ coffee‚ cotton‚ and indigo
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The Haitian revolution shook the foundation of the institution of slavery and racial hierarchy. Liberty‚ Equality‚ and the freedom from slavery were the driving forces behind the Haitian Revolution. Historians like David Geggus argued the American‚ French‚ and Haitian Revolutions were fighting for the same reasons but “unlike the American Revolution of 1776 and the French Revolution of 1789‚ the Haitian insurrection directly challenged the system of racial hierarchy”. Slaves in the French colony
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Both the French and Haitian revolutions were spurred for similar reasons by distressed people‚ with an unfair distribution between social classes‚ restricted liberties and also a large gap between the rich and the poor which was the main impulse. There were significant overall economic differences between Haiti and France before the revolutions occurred. France was nearly bankrupt by the time that the revolution began and the American revolution had been extremely costly for France. The large economic
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The Effect of the Haitian Revolution on The Slaves During the Haitian Revolution‚ slaves went from total submission to personal and political liberation due to the weakening of the colonial power (French Revolution)‚ the economic wealths of Haiti‚ and the aspirations brought by the ideas of the Enlightenment thinkers that all men were born free and equal. The slave rebellion lead by Toussaint L’Ouverture‚ is a turning point as it is the first successful one. It took ten years (1794 - 1804) for
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The Success of the Haitian Revolution The Haitian Revolution was the result of a long struggle on the part of the slaves in the French colony of St. Domingue‚ but was also propelled by the free Mulattoes who had long faced the trials of being denoted as semi-citizens. This revolt was not unique‚ as there were several rebellions of its kind against the institution of plantation slavery in the Caribbean‚ but the Haitian Revolution the most successful. This had a great deal to do with
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