Haitian Revolution

The Haitian Revolution took place between ______?

• 1791-1804
• 1776-1781
• 1789-1804
• 1804-1808

What country did Haiti gain its independence from ___?

• France
• England
•  Spain
• The United States

When did the Spaniards begin sugar production on Hispaniola?

• 1492
• 1500
• 1516
• 1522

When did the Spanish cede the island to the French?

• 1587
• 1599
• 1660
• 1697

What did the French call Haiti?

• Saint Domingue
• Santo Domingo
• Hispaniola
• New Spain

Sugar plantations were introduced to Haiti in 1700, this _____ the demand for slaves?

• Increased
• Decreased
• Demand was unchanged
• All of the above

The Code Noir established rules for regulating slavery. These laws resulted in…

• Food rations for slaves
• Limits on physical punishment
• Jail time for mistreating slaves
• Slaves being worked to death

What was the average life span of a slave in Haiti?

• 5 years
• 7 years
• 12 years
• 20 years

The grand blancs were ____.

• Plantation owners
• British
• Large Shopkeepers
• Traders

As products of white plantation owner fathers and slave mothers, the gens de couleur were ____.

• Educated in Haiti
• Not recognized by their fathers
• Denied rights given to grand blancs
• Restricted with their rights