Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from March, 2018

Chapter 16 part 2

The Haitian Revolution was between 1791-1804 of course this was a different revolution from the rest. Saint Domingue was later renamed Haiti, where the the Haitian revolution was named.This was the colony that was considered the richest in the world. Saint Domingue boasted 8,000 plantations, which in the late 1800 centuries produced 40% of the worlds sugar, and half of its coffee. The amount of slaves made up the majority of the colonies population, roughly 500,000 slaves. Fractions of slaves, whites, and free people of color battled one another. The Spanish and British wanted to enlarge there empires at the expense of the French. Which only made things worse than what they already seemed. Because of the confusion and brutality, power gravitated towards the slaves. Toussaint Louverture led the slaves, he was a former slave. The Haitian Revolution divided race and class, which led into independence debt. A financial burden was caused and was wasn't solved until a century later. Th...

Chapter 16 Part 1

The Haitian Revolution changes both sides of the Atlantic Revolution between 1775 and 1825. Haitians got inspiration from North American and French revolution. But the French revolutions overthrew the French rule which shaped the Latin American independence. Europe, Africa, North American, and South American was the wake of Columbus's voyages and then the European conquest followed. The North American Revolution started in 1775 and it was between 1775 and 1787. We all learned about the revolution in our school days. But with the revolution became the struggle. The struggle was launched with the Declaration of Independence in 1776. After an surprising military victory, 13th colonies that were once separated became one nation. The American Revolution made a big political change. In the 17th and 18th centuries the British colonies in North America enjoyed local autonomy. French Revolution was between 1789-1815 which took place in France.The French Revolution was very different fro...