The Haitian Revolution
Across
- 2. A large payment that France demanded from Haiti in exchange for recognition.
- 5. A type of warfare used by enslaved people during the revolution.
- 7. Another main crop that made St. Domingue wealthy.
- 9. Sudden overthrow of a government.
- 13. French law dictating the treatment of enslaved people in the colonies.
- 14. St. Domingue was called the "Pearl of the Antilles" due to its wealth.
- 15. French prison stormed in 1789, symbolizing the start of the French Revolution.
- 17. One of the main crops grown in St. Domingue before the revolution.
- 18. The first independent Black republic in the Western Hemisphere.
- 20. A drastic change in government, often involving violence.
Down
- 1. Economic system in which colonies could only trade with their metropole.
- 3. Social group of mixed race who faced discrimination in St. Domingue.
- 4. Wealthy white planters in St. Domingue.
- 6. Surname of Toussaint, a prominent leader of the revolution.
- 8. Leader who declared Haiti's independence in 1804.
- 10. The European country that colonized St. Domingue.
- 11. Original name of Haiti under French colonial rule.
- 12. Term used for people of mixed European and African ancestry in the colony.
- 16. Trade restriction imposed on Haiti by other countries after independence.
- 19. Spiritual practice that played a significant role in the revolution's start.