Sugar Changed the World Part 3

What is significant about the story of Pauline?

• Her story shows the conflict between what the French thought of slaves in France and slaves in the sugar islands.

• Her story shows why religion is important.

• Her story shows that the church and the government viewed slavery differently.

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Who is Pierre Lemerre the Younger?

• The man who seized power in France after the French Revolution.

• The man who told Madame Villeneuve that Pauline had to go back to the sugar islands with her.

• The man who made the case that all slaves should be freed.

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Who wrote an essay in England about the legality of slavery that influenced the abolitionist movement in that country?

• Thomas Thistlewood

• Pierre Lemerre

• Winston Churchill

• Thomas Clarkson

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What happened in July of 1789?

• Thomas Jefferson finished writing the Declaration of Independence.

• Parisians stormed the Bastille, setting off the French Revolution.

• The Female Society of Birmingham began to protest slavery.

• Abolitionists began to lose popularity in England.

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Who is Toussaint L'Ouverture?

• A famous New Orleans musician who recorded a great record with Elvis Costello.

• A composer of songs sung by slaves on the sugar island of Saint Domingue.

• A French abolitionist.

• The leader of the slave revolt in Haiti.

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Saint Domingue is known today as...?

• Jamaica

• Haiti

• Brazil

• Pierre Part

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What were the three great principles behind the French Revolution? (Choose THREE ANSWERS)

• Liberty

• Equality

• Prosperity

• Fraternity

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Which of the following happened in 1779?

• A regiment of free black men fought in the American Revolution and came back with ideas of freedom.

• Toussaint and his armies fought back against the English.

• The British gave up on their mission to re-enslave the Haitians.

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True or False: Thomas Jefferson supported the Haitian slave revolt.

• True

• False

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What was Louisiana's role in the sugar industry in the late 1700s?

• Louisiana was the best place in the region to grow sugar.

• Louisiana gave former Haitian slave owners a second chance to produce sugar using slaves.

• Napoleon sold Louisiana to Thomas Jefferson for fifteen million dollars in 1803.

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