Latin American Revolutions Reading Guide Students should complete this guide on a separate sheet of paper that will be submitted upon Mr. Neale’s return on Wednesday. The relevant vocabulary and concepts are all from pages 644-65s3 of Voyages. Vocabulary. Please define all of the following terms. While definitions can be found in the text, students should also include a few words about the “historical relevance” of each term in their own words. 1. Gens de Couleur 2. Boukman
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The hataina revolution 1700s- the French colony os saint domingue is the most lucrative colony in the world, at this time, more lucrative than the 13 colkonies. It’s slave- produced tropical crops- sugar, rum, cotton, tabacoo and indigo—generated w/ wealth. Near the end of the 18th century, 500,00- 700,000 people maily of western African origin were enslavd by the fench That was until one of the greatest leaders was born (baby cryis) Whats his name? His name is T L … years later On ---
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Theme 3: Resistance and revolt The economic effects of the Haitian Revolution on Haiti The Haitian Revolution was a great triumph in that it granted a large population of Africans freedom earlier than any other territory in the Caribbean, How true is it to say that early freedom was not worth the destruction of the entire Haitian Economy by the early 19th century? Rationale The condition of the Haitian economy today is far less than satisfactory, poverty and disease is rife
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Fighting for freedom PLEASE SEE LESSON ON PAGE 12 YOUTHLINK MAGAZINE | JANUARY 17-23, 2012 11 DEBBION HYMAN Contributor Major slave revolts yl:History OBJECTIVES At the end of the lesson, students should be able to: a) Identify the key figures in the Berbice (1763), Barbados (1816), Demerara (1823) and Jamaica (1831) revolts. b) Explain the causes of any three major slave revolts. c) Describe the nature and consequences of any three major slave revolts. BERBICE 1763 CAUSES a)
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The Haitian Revolution was the result of a long struggle on the part of the slaves in the French colony of St. Domingue, but was also propelled by the free Mulattoes who had long faced the trials of being denoted as semi-citizens. This revolt was not unique, as there were several rebellions of its kind against the institution of plantation slavery in the Caribbean, but the Haitian Revolution the most successful. This had a great deal to do with the influence of the French Revolution, as it helped
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Hemisphere completely to the ground (Huttes 1). The Earth shook violently for 35 seconds, “walls rippled as if they were made of liquid,” and Haitians ran out onto the streets screaming, thinking the rapture had arrived (Woolley 41). Within days, millions of dollars of foreign aid flowed into Haiti, but every day remained a struggle for survival. 230,000 Haitians were killed instantly, morgues soon overflowed, and the stench of flesh contaminated the streets. The death toll grew so large that corpses
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Women in Society The book Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat, tells the story of a young Haitian girl named Sophie Caco, her mother Martine, and the journey they both have as being women in their Haitian society. Being a woman in their society is especially difficult considering the poverty that they are specifically a custom to. Not only that, but considering Sophie’s mother Martine’s case, the fact that she is raped by the notorious Ton-Ton Macoute makes being a woman there very disliked
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Saint-Domingue from 1791-1804 was the largest insurrection of slaves in history. The Haitian Revolution resulted in the creation of the first successful independent freed slave state in the world, a fact that rocked the socio-political, economic, and moral foundations of the Caribbean.[1] However, in the period following the Revolution, there is a noted increase of slavery in the Caribbean as a whole. Did the success of the Haitian uprising merely serve as a lesson for Caribbean planters and reinforce the
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Number 1: your thoughts about the events that lead to the Haitian Revolution. Explain your thoughts on some of the key figures during the Haitian/French revolt. Answer: The events that led to the French Revolution not being able to be free and being a slave and mistreated for most of their lives. The slaves wanted to be free and wanted to be treated equal just every other white person. All of the slaves including Toussaint wanted all men to become equal. They wanted all men to be treated with the
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To start off the moment before the revolution were very cold enslave people in Haiti had work day to night cutting sugar since for the sugar trade with little care for their life from the planters. When someone want to run away or make the plantation owner mad in any way they would get whipped, legs or arms cut off, and if serious even hang. Making all of this worst the plantations owner wanted to make other Haitian people do it basically forcing them showing their so-called power. Even for those
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