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History SBA
Objectives
1) Research and Present reasons for the success of the Haitian Revolution 2) Identify the causes and consequences of the Haitian revolution 3) How the Haitian revolution influenced the others in the Caribbean

Rationale
The researcher had chosen to research the Haitian Revolution because it is a challenging yet interesting task. The most interesting thing about this topic is that you learn about the endurance the slaves had during the period of slavery in Haiti. These slaves also resisted against those who oppressed them. They also acknowledge that freedom was a state of mind and decided it was not right.
The Haitian Revolution was a landmark event in world history. In this small Caribbean island, the slaves had the fortitude to plan and implement a revolution even before more formidable nations had dreamed of doing the same, namely the French and the American nationalists. The Haitian Revolution triggered slave protest actions throughout the world and set the stage for the abolition of slavery. All freed slaves have Haiti to thank for the work they did to free slaves.
Haiti, having borne the brunt of the revolts, has seen its development stymied since then and wear the economic and social scars to prove it. Haiti had to repay France. Today, the world seems to have ignored this contribution and has left the Haitian people to sort out the poverty that has been reeked upon it by successive dictators and not remembering that this nation took a bullet for the world.

The reasons for the success of the Haitian revolution I) Throughout the history of slavery, revolts and rebellions are littered. Few of them could be called successful. Even though slaves escaped from the cruel tyranny of their masters, freedom was never fully attained for the slave population of a country through revolt until The Haitian Revolution.

Causes and consequences of the Haitian Revolution I) The French revolution

In 1789, the people of france were divided into three classes. The clergy and the nobility occupied the first and second class. They were powerful and wealthy and had many privileges. They paid no taxes and offered very little service to the state. In the same year, the people of france begun a revolution. This revolution was based on the fact that the people did not acquire desired liberty and freedom of expression. They resented lack of religious freedom, eg. If a protest service was found, the leader would be hanged and the congregation would have been sent to the galleys. The first class was exempted from nearly all taxation while the peasants were taxed heavily. The people felt that unfairly excluded in the hands of the king and his personal advisors, so they wanted some power. The people fought for fraternity, the right to come together to look after their own chosen interests. The people wanted it to be generally accepted that there were certain rights that they had which should not be fringed, that is, liberty, equality and fraternity. The whites and the coloureds wanted improvements in Haiti at that time. In 1787, the whites wanted the assemblies that were set up granted the power to make laws. They were trying to imitate the “ways” of the British colonies. They wanted to be equal with the French whites. They also decided to end the embargo that was placed on them imposed from Paris. They wanted to rid themselves of the royalist bureaucracy. The free coloureds wanted equality with the whites socially and politically. The free coloureds were highly discriminated against by the whites. They were not allowed to join the militia, were European clothing, etc. They wanted this to be removed. Also the Slaves wanted their own personal freedom. The slaves had a great opportunity to fight for their freedom because the coloureds and whites were so engrossed in their struggle that they had disregarded the slaves. The slaves received less supervision when the powers of control had broke down. Slaves had acquired more time to plan their revolt; it gave them good chance of revolting successfully. The slave masters had left the their properties unprotected so the slaves had chance to attack. The conflict between the coloureds and the whites provided excellent timing for the start of the slave revolt.