Crash Course: Haitian Revolution Video Guide
Pirates invested their treasure in __________________ plantations
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This island was most valuable in the West ___________________ and possibly in the world
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Home to more __________________ than anyplace except Brazil
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More slaves imported to Saint Domingue every year than the entire white _______________________
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Slaves made up ________% of the population
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Most were _____________ born because of the brutal conditions
White owners were absentee landlords who stayed in ___________________ and let others do the brutality
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Wealthy, ______________ blacks were below them
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Below them were the petit ________________, or poor whites
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At the bottom were the _____________ who made up the majority
Slaves did _________________!
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Slaves heard a rumor that the ______________ of France had freed them
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Petit blancs thought they were the oppressed people because they couldn’t afford to own __________________
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Gain independence, take power from people of privilege and institute a ________________________
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In 1791, National Assembly gave full citizenship to all free men of _______________- if they owned ______________ and had
enough money and weren’t the children of _________________
L’ouverture helped mold the slaves into an _________________ that could withstand attack
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_____________________ support slave revolts to hurt the ______________________
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L’ouverture became an officer in the __________________ military
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Most successful slave revolt in human history won freedom and citizenship for every slave in the French Caribbean
Slavery was abolished but this didn’t end the ________________________ system- _______________ was vital to the economic health of
the island
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But now people were _______________ for their labor and their kids couldn’t be sold
Second phase of Haitian revolution: fight for ____________________________
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Former slaves started fighting when Leclerc tried to take away their ______________
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Haitians had the best ally of all: ______________________- specifically Yellow Fever
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Killed thousands of French soldiers including Leclerc
Why is Haiti so important?
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Second free and independent nation state in the __________________________
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One of the most successful slave __________________ ever
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Foiled Napoleon’s attempts to build a big world ____________________
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The Haitians stood up for the idea that none should be __________________