MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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Question
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They were training to attack the United States.
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To sell slaves for profit.
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To take control of the West Indies.
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To purchase New Orleans
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Detailed explanation-1: -In December 1801, First Consul Napoléon Bonaparte sent a massive expedition to the French colony of Saint-Domingue (today: Haiti). His goal was to restore direct French rule and overthrow Toussaint Louverture, a former slave who, as governor general of Saint-Domingue, had been suspected of plotting independence.
Detailed explanation-2: -Haitian Revolution, series of conflicts between 1791 and 1804 between Haitian slaves, colonists, the armies of the British and French colonizers, and a number of other parties.
Detailed explanation-3: -Historically, the United States viewed Haiti as a counterbalance to Communist leaders in Cuba. Haiti’s potential as a trading partner and an actor in the drug trade makes the nation strategically important to the United States. Moreover, the two are tied by a large Haitian diaspora residing in the United States.
Detailed explanation-4: -Southern plantation owners, fearful of revolts from their own slaves, worked to prevent their slaves from learning of the Haitian Revolution. They also pressured the United States government to refuse to recognize Haitian independence, which it did until 1862, after Southern states seceded from the Union.