❗️QUIZIZZ - 063 Haitian Revolutions

The French may have been there selling leather and beef, but who was the first European power to settle the island?

• The Spanish

• The Germans

• The English

• The Dutch

Which two crops made Haiti the most valuable colony in the West Indies, and maybe the world?

• Sugar and Tobacco

• Coffee and Cotton

• Coffee and Sugar

• Cotton and Sugar

Slaves made up what percent of the population of Saint Domingue by the 19th century?

• 30%

• 50%

• 70%

• 90%

Which of the following did free people of color NOT do in the colony?

• Served in local constabularies

• Served in the colonial government

• Owned plantations and slaves

• Serve in the militia

What was the proper class order in 18th century Haiti?

• 1. Slaves

  2. Petite blancs

  3. Gran blancs

  4. Free people of color

• 1. Gran blancs

  2. Free people of color

  3. Petite blancs

  4. Slaves

• 1. Free people of color

  2. Gran blancs

  3. Slaves

  4. Petite blancs

Which of the following inspired Haitian slaves to revolt? 

• Declaration of the Rights of Women

• Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

• Declaration of Independence

What moderate change did the National Assembly make to the racial hierarchies that existed in the larger French Empire? 

• The enfranchised all male citizens regardless of race or social class. 

• They abolished slavery completely. 

• They conveyed citizenship to free blacks who owned property.

Louverture joined which nations military?

• America

• Spain

• England

• France

Who actually abolished slavery in the French Empire forever? 

• the National Assembly

• the National Convention

• Louis XVI

• Napoleon

Did France's new constitution apply to its overseas colonies?

• no

• yes