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A) Spain B) Portugal C) Great Britain D) Netherlands
A) William Wilberforce and Thomas Clarkson B) Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger and Secretary of State for War Henry Dundas C) King George III and Lord Cornwallis D) Lord Nelson and Admiral Hood
A) To gain control of sugar plantations B) To establish a new colony C) To capture French naval bases D) To prevent unrest in the British West Indies
A) Typhoid B) Yellow fever C) Malaria D) Cholera
A) Abolition of slavery B) Economic equality C) Democratic governance D) The ancien régime and slavery
A) Jérémie B) Môle Saint-Nicolas C) Le Cap D) Port-au-Prince
A) Jérémie B) Port-au-Prince C) Le Cap D) Mole St. Nicolas
A) Sonthonax and Étienne Polverel B) William Pitt the Younger and Henry Dundas C) King George III and Lord Cornwallis D) Toussaint Louverture and Jean-Jacques Dessalines
A) 29 August 1793 B) 31 October 1793 C) 4 February 1794 D) 20 September 1793
A) To prevent military disaster and secure the colony for France B) To comply with demands from Spanish authorities C) To gain support from British forces D) To establish a new trade agreement with Spain
A) William Wilberforce, Thomas Clarkson, and Lord Nelson B) Toussaint Louverture, André Rigaud, and Jean-Jacques Dessalines C) Henry Dundas, William Pitt the Younger, and King George III D) Louis Duffay, Jean-Baptiste Belley, and Jean-Baptiste Mills
A) The establishment of a new slave trade agreement B) The partial emancipation of slaves C) The continuation of slavery with improved conditions D) The abolition of slavery in all colonies and granting citizenship to all men
A) The constitution of 1789 B) The constitution of 1804 C) The constitutions of 1793 and 1795 D) The Napoleonic Code
A) It was an economic strategy to boost colonial trade B) It was a temporary measure to gain military advantage C) It was a universal liberty proclamation for future generations D) It was a political maneuver to appease British forces
A) The force was too small and could only hold coastal enclaves B) They were defeated by Spanish forces C) They surrendered due to disease outbreaks D) They lacked naval support from Admiral Jervis
A) Toussaint Louverture B) Sonthonax C) André Rigaud D) Étienne Polverel
A) Iron Grey B) Steel Grey C) Brass Grey D) No-flint Grey
A) Port-au-Prince was reported to have forty-five ships loaded with sugar B) To establish a new British colony C) To negotiate peace with Sonthonax D) To capture Toussaint Louverture
A) They sought revenge for past injustices B) They were paid by the French for their services C) The British promised land and freedom D) Slavery continued to exist under British control
A) Jean-Jacques Dessalines B) Toussaint Louverture C) François Mackandal, a Haitian Vodou priest D) Henri Christophe
A) Montesquieu B) Jean-Jacques Rousseau C) Voltaire D) Guillaume Raynal
A) The Taino B) The Fon C) The Yoruba D) The Kongolese
A) Slave rebellion B) Natural disasters C) French invasion D) Economic collapse
A) 1825 B) January 1, 1804 C) May 1791 D) August 21, 1791
A) White planters B) French soldiers C) Free Mulattoes D) Enslaved Black Africans
A) Polygyny B) Monogamy C) Celibacy D) Polyandry
A) 1791 B) 1825 C) 1804 D) 1789
A) Cuba B) Barbados C) Jamaica D) Puerto Rico
A) 800 B) 300 C) 100 D) 600
A) 40% B) 50% C) 60% D) 75%
A) 452,000 B) 28,000 C) 500,000 D) 40,000
A) 40,000 B) 500,000 C) 452,000 D) 28,000
A) Three-quarters B) Two-thirds C) One-third D) Half
A) To replace escaped slaves. B) The death rate exceeded the birth rate. C) To increase diversity. D) Due to a shortage of European laborers.
A) Creole elite class B) Grands blancs C) Under-class born in Africa D) Petits blancs
A) European-born Frenchmen B) Petits blancs C) Mulattoes D) Free Blacks
A) 452,000 B) 40,000 C) More than 28,000 D) 60,000
A) Western province B) Southern province C) Eastern province D) Northern province
A) Eastern province B) Plaine-du-Nord C) Southern province D) Port-au-Prince
A) Le Cap B) Plaine-du-Nord C) Port-au-Prince D) Southern port
A) Caribbean Sea B) Plaine-du-Nord C) Massif du Nord D) Atlantic Ocean
A) Eastern province B) Southern province C) Northern province D) Western province
A) Vincent Ogé B) A French National Assembly member C) Count Mirabeau D) Julien Raimond
A) Militias B) Trade embargoes C) Naval fleets D) Peace treaties
A) Two-thirds B) A third C) Half D) The entire island
A) The British B) The French C) The Americans D) The Spanish
A) The 'Black vomit'. B) The tropical plague. C) The silent killer. D) The white death.
A) Sir Adam Williamson. B) Major General Gordon Forbes. C) General Ralph Abercromby. D) Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica.
A) General John Graves Simcoe. B) Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica. C) Sir Adam Williamson. D) Major General Gordon Forbes.
A) Rigaud B) Simcoe C) Toussaint D) Maitland
A) Captain John Paul Jones B) Captain Horatio Nelson C) Captain Edward Preble D) Captain Christopher Perry
A) 31 August 1798 B) June 1799 C) 11 March 1800 D) 18 May 1798
A) Dictator B) Governor C) British ally D) Adviser to Rigaud
A) Britain B) Netherlands C) Spain D) France
A) Sonthonax B) Charles Leclerc C) Étienne Laveaux D) Jean-Jacques Dessalines
A) 15 January 1802 B) 2 February 1802 C) 30 March 1802 D) 17 February 1802
A) Henri Christophe B) Toussaint Louverture C) Jean-Jacques Dessalines D) General Rochambeau
A) Gonaives B) Léogâne C) Le Cap D) Ravine-à-Couleuvre
A) 500 B) 800 C) 1000 D) 300
A) Rochambeau B) Dessalines C) General Jean Boudet D) Leclerc
A) 800 B) About 300 C) 5,000 D) 2,000
A) Toussaint B) Rochambeau C) Dessalines D) Leclerc
A) Siege warfare B) Guerrilla tactics C) Conventional warfare D) Naval battles
A) Lethal injection B) "Fumigational-sulphurous baths" C) Gas chambers D) Electric chair
A) A large sum of money B) A title of nobility C) A plantation at Ennery D) A French passport
A) Around 5,200 B) Nearly 7,000 C) About 10,000 D) Approximately 3,500
A) To escape conscription back home B) They hoped Napoleon would restore Polish independence C) To spread Catholicism D) To gain wealth and land in Haiti
A) Honorary citizens B) Black C) European brothers D) White allies
A) They remained loyal to France. B) They fled the island fearing for their lives. C) Many joined the rebel cause. D) They formed an independent militia.
A) Sail away from the port B) Evacuate safely C) Leave by 1 December D) Board British ships
A) 30 November 1803 B) 1 January 1804 C) End of the month D) 3 December 1803
A) Gonaïves B) Havana, Cuba C) Môle-Saint-Nicolas D) Port-au-Prince
A) Saint-Domingue B) Haiti C) Gonaïves D) Pearl of the Antilles
A) Plantations B) Slavery contracts C) Slave ships D) The whip
A) 15% B) 5% C) 20% D) Nearly 10%
A) Château du Cap B) Citadelle Laferrière C) Fort Saint-Louis D) Fort de la Prévoyance
A) Education B) Religious freedom C) Equality D) Production
A) One-third B) Half C) All of it D) A fourth
A) British colonists B) French forces C) The Mulatto elites D) Toussaint L'Ouverture
A) Lianes, thick vines abundant throughout the island B) Electric shocks C) Whips made from leather D) Iron chains
A) Democratic elections B) Forced labor C) Religious conversions D) Negotiations with European powers
A) Goman B) Jean-Pierre Boyer C) Henri Christophe D) Alexandre Pétion
A) 200 million B) 90 million C) 150 million D) 100 million
A) 1847 B) 1838 C) 1825 D) 1850
A) Jean-Pierre Boyer B) Henri Christophe C) Toussaint Louverture D) Alexandre Pétion
A) Until 1947 B) Until 1938 C) Until 1900 D) Until 1955
A) Political unity B) Long-term instability C) Rapid industrialization D) Immediate prosperity
A) Dessaline's constitution B) Alexandre Petion C) Francisco de Miranda D) Simón Bolívar
A) Alexandre Pétion B) President Alexandre Petion C) Henri Christophe D) Jean-Jacques Dessalines
A) José Joaquín de Herrera B) Francisco de Miranda C) Francisco Javier Mina D) Simón Bolívar
A) Cap-Haïtien B) Port-au-Prince C) Les Cayes D) Jacmel
A) Economic prosperity B) Extreme brutality C) Cultural exchange D) Peaceful negotiations
A) 26 August 1795 B) 14 July 1789 C) 1 January 1804 D) 4 April 1792
A) The Louisiana Purchase agreement B) Napoleon's abdication letter C) Dessalines' 'Liberty or Death' speech D) The Declaration of Independence
A) The Guardian B) The Times C) Le Moniteur Universel D) Columbian Centinel
A) Gabriel Garcia Marquez B) Alejo Carpentier C) Miguel de Cervantes D) Julio Cortazar
A) Gabriel Garcia Marquez B) Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie C) Isabel Allende D) Toni Morrison
A) Dissent B) Jacobin C) Mother Jones D) The Nation
A) The Hunchback of Notre-Dame B) Toilers of the Sea C) Bug-Jargal D) Les Misérables |