GK
WORLD HISTORY
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
Prior to fighting for independence from France civil war broke out in Saint-Domingue. This civil war was fought to
|
|
Determine who would control Saint-Domingue
|
|
|
Gain British support
|
|
|
To overthrow the affranchi’s
|
|
|
All of the above
|
Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Prior to gaining its independence in 1804, Haiti was the French colony of Saint-Domingue. Under French rule, Saint-Domingue grew to be the wealthiest colony in the French empire and, perhaps, the richest colony in the world.
Detailed explanation-2: -Two months after his defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte’s colonial forces, Jean-Jacques Dessalines proclaims the independence of Saint-Domingue, renaming it Haiti after its original Arawak name. In 1791, a revolt erupted on the French colony, and Toussaint Louverture, a formerly enslaved man, took control of the rebels.
There is 1 question to complete.