Haitian Revolution

In the 1700’s the most valuable export from the French colony in Saint-Domingue (Haiti) was

• Cotton
• Gold
• Slaves
• Sugar

By the late 18th century, slaves made up ____% of the population of Saint-Domingue (Haiti).

• 90%

• 80%

• 70%

• 60%

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

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

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

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

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 Haitian Revolution was influenced mainly by which revolution?

• French

• American (United States)

• Mexican

• Columbian

Who led the successful slave revolt on the island of Haiti in beginning in 1791 ending in 1804?

• Toussaint L’Overture

• Jose de San Martin

• Father Miguel Hidalgo

• Simon Bolivar