Haitian Revolution

How were the Haitian, Mexican, and South American revolutions influenced by the Enlightenment?

• They wanted to support the theory of divine right of kings.

• They wanted to protect the class systems already in place.

• They wanted to base government ideas on religious beliefs.

• They wanted to gain equality and liberty in their nations.

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen was possibly beneficial for what two groups?

• Free people of color and working class whites

• Rich whites and working class whites

• Working class whites and the enslaved

• Free people of color and the enslaved

What "invisible weapon" helped the Haitians defeat Napoleon's army?

• Chicken pox

• Black plague

• Yellow fever

• COVID-19

Slaves made up ___% of the Haitian population.

• 25

• 50

• 80

• 90

Which one of these atrocities DID NOT HAPPEN to slaves working in St. Domingue?

• They were whipped with more certainty and regularity than they received their food

• They were jailed for trying to escape

• They had boiling cane sugar over their heads

• They were filled with gunpowder and then blew up with a match igniting the gunpowder

Which European country had control over Haiti?

• Spain
  

• Italy

• France

• Great Britain

Sugar plantations were introduced to Haiti in 1700, which _____ greedy Europeans' desire to enslave Africans for cheap labor.

• Increased

• Decreased

• Demand was unchanged

• All of the above

The Affranchis were freedmen who...

• often worked as overseers

• had to wear special clothing

• could be government officials

• had freedoms that threatened law makers

• worked as artisans or servants on plantations

A major influence of the Latin American revolutions because of its successfulness; the only successful slave revolt in history; it is led by Toussaint L'Ouverture.

• Russian Revolution

• Haitian Revolution

• American Revolution

• French Revolution

What year did the Haitian Revolution begin?

• 1719

• 1971

• 1791

• 1776