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