Haitian Revolution

Which country originally settled Saint Dominique?

• Great Britain

• Spain

• Germany

• France

Why was Saint Dominique so valuable to France?

• The colony was an important naval outpost used to raid the Spanish.

• The island was a wealthy plantation colony that grew sugar, coffee, and cotton.

• The island was a wealthy manufacturing colony that created luxury goods for French citizens.

• The colony was a strategic outpost used to bolster U. S. forces against the British navy.

What percentage of Saint Dominique's population did slaves make up?

• 90%

• 75%

• 40%

• 99%

What year did Jaques Dessalines declare independence and rename Saint Dominique to Haiti?

• 1817

• 1804

• 1776

• 1781

Toussaint Louverture joined the _____ to fight against the French.

• Portuguese

• Americans

• British

• Spanish

The four major social groups in Saint Dominique were the:

• Peninsulares, Creoles, Mestizos, and Mulattos

• Clergy, Nobles, Merchants, and Commoners

• Grande Blancs, wealthy free-people of color, Petite Blancs, and slaves

• Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras

The National Assembly granted full ______ _______ to free-people of color in an attempt to avoid conflict.

• French Citizenship

• Legal Rights

• Economic Access

• Governmental Participation

Toussaint Breda led the slaves of Saint Dominique in a revolt to achieve freedom. He later took the name:

• Leclerc

• Bonaparte

• Dessalines

• Louverture

The First Consul of the French government post-revolution, this man initially opposed Louverture and a free Haiti.

• Maximilien Robespierre

• Gaius Julius Caesar

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Louis Capet

This man arrested Toussaint Louverture in an attempt to reign in Haiti. He failed, and died of disease while combating Haitian forces.

• Charles-Victor-Emmanuel Leclerc

• Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim

• Francisco Pizarro Gonzalez

• Napoleon Bonaparte