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