What was the first step on Haiti's road to independence? What happened in the Haitian slave revolt? What was the French Revolution and when did it occur? What was most revolutionary about the age of revolutions? What kind of revolution was the French Revolution?
Also on This Day in History Discover more of the major events, famous births, notable deaths and everything else history-making that happened on January 1st 45 bc The Julian calendar takes effect for the first time on New Year’s Day In 45 B.C., New Year’s Day is celebrated on Janua...
Desiring money for the French war in Europe and caring less about the colonial empire in the Americas (especially after losing Haiti), Napoleon Bonaparte offered to sell the entire territory to the US, and the US obliged the French emperor. After the completion of the sale, President Jefferson...
What did the slave revolt in Haiti cause? What did the Federalists want? What was the slave revolt in the Dominican Republic? What group led the Haitian Revolution? What happened during the Haitian Revolution? What happened after the Haitian Revolution? What countries assisted the Haitian Revoluti...
Prior to 1804, Haiti was a French sugar colony known as Saint-Domingue. The colony was a huge economic asset to France, producing a plurality of the sugar and coffee consumed in Europe. In 1791, in the midst of a brewing civil war, a massive slave rebellion engulfed the island colony, ...