Crash Course: Haitian Revolution

Questions for this Crash Course episode were written by Isabel Geisler.

1. What does Haiti begin as?
2. How does Haiti become one of the most valuable colonies in the West Indies?
3. At the time of its revolution, Haiti had the second most slaves in the world. Which country had more?
4. Why were most Haitian slaves African-born?
5. Who were the “Petite Blancs”?
6. Slaves did revolt. True or False?
7. How did the slave revolts in Haiti start?
8. What other war was France involved in at the time?
9. In 1791, who does France give citizenship to?
10. Who establishes the slaves as a disciplined army and drives the British and Spanish out of Haiti?
11. What does the new French constitution decree?
12. What aids the slaves against the French?
13. Why do we study the Haitian Revolution?