The Haitian Revolution

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