The Colonies Come of Age
... as domestic slaves or as artisans. Domestic slaves worked in the houses of their masters, cooking, cleaning, and helping to raise the master’s children. Artisans developed skills as carpenters, blacksmiths, and bricklayers and were sometimes loaned out to the master’s neighbors. In the midst of the ...
... as domestic slaves or as artisans. Domestic slaves worked in the houses of their masters, cooking, cleaning, and helping to raise the master’s children. Artisans developed skills as carpenters, blacksmiths, and bricklayers and were sometimes loaned out to the master’s neighbors. In the midst of the ...
Revolution - World History Class
... were inspired to gain independence because of the success of the American & French ...
... were inspired to gain independence because of the success of the American & French ...
AP WORLD HISTORY – PERIOD V (1750
... ancien regime: Traditional feudal society in France in which the nobles and church exploited the peasants to fund their lifestyle. petits blancs: Poor whites in Haiti (Saint Domingue) who, while free from slavery, did not have equal rights with the grand blancs. grand blancs: Wealthy white plantatio ...
... ancien regime: Traditional feudal society in France in which the nobles and church exploited the peasants to fund their lifestyle. petits blancs: Poor whites in Haiti (Saint Domingue) who, while free from slavery, did not have equal rights with the grand blancs. grand blancs: Wealthy white plantatio ...
Liberators WHAP/Napp “As the eighteenth century drew to a close
... “As the eighteenth century drew to a close, Spain and Portugal held vast colonial possessions in the Western Hemisphere, although their power had declined relative to that of their British and French rivals. Despite these efforts, the same economic and political forces that had undermined British ru ...
... “As the eighteenth century drew to a close, Spain and Portugal held vast colonial possessions in the Western Hemisphere, although their power had declined relative to that of their British and French rivals. Despite these efforts, the same economic and political forces that had undermined British ru ...
Haitian Revolution
The Haitian Revolution (1791–1804) was a slave revolt in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, which culminated in the elimination of slavery there and the founding of the Republic of Haiti. The Haitian Revolution was the only slave revolt which led to the founding of a state. Furthermore, it is generally considered the most successful slave rebellion ever to have occurred and as a defining moment in the histories of both Europe and the Americas. The revolt began with a rebellion of black African slaves in April of 1791. It ended in November of 1803 with the French defeat at the Battle of Vertières. Haiti became an independent country on January 1, 1804, with Jean-Jacques Dessalines being chosen by a council of generals to assume the office of governor-general. He ordered the 1804 Haiti massacre of the white Haitian minority, resulting in the deaths of between 3,000 and 5,000 people, between February and April 1804.Although an independent government was created in Haiti, the country's society continued to be deeply affected by the patterns established under French colonial rule. Because many white planters had provided for the mixed-race children they had by black African women, by giving them education and (for males) training and entrée into the French military, the mulatto descendants who along with the wealthy freedmen had been orchestrators of the revolution became the elite of Haitian society after the war's end. Many of them had used their social capital to acquire wealth, and some already owned land. Some had identified more with the colonists than the slaves.Their domination of politics and economics after the revolution created another two-caste society, as most Haitians were rural subsistence farmers. In addition, the nascent state's future was compromised in 1825 when it was forced to pay 150 million gold francs in reparations to French slaveholders, in order to receive French recognition and end the nation's political and economic isolation. Though the amount of the reparations was reduced in 1838, Haiti was unable to finish paying off its debt until 1947, and the payments left the country's government deeply impoverished, causing instability.