USA HISTORY

THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825

WAR OF 1812

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The former French colony of Santo Domingo fell to a tremendous rebellion and reverted to its original name of Haiti. What major effect did the rebellion also have?
A
It convinced Napoleon to renew and double his efforts for the French to try to build a new Empire in North America.
B
It convinced Napoleon to give up his plan to have an Empire in North America.
C
Napoleon swore revenge and launched an attack to regain the island, causing a year long war that resulted in a French victory.
D
Napoleon was assassinated during the end of the rebellion, causing France to declare war on the United States.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Domingue. The French Revolution had a great impact on the colony. St. Domingue’s white minority split into Royalist and Revolutionary factions, while the mixed-race population campaigned for civil rights.

Detailed explanation-2: -First, the warfare of the Haitian Revolution destroyed the capital and infrastructure of the economy. Second, Haiti lacked diplomatic and trade relations with other nations. Third, Haiti lacked investment, both foreign and domestic investment.

Detailed explanation-3: -From 1791 through 1804, enslaved people and their allies in Saint-Domingue fought a protracted revolution to win their independence from France. This was not the first episode of rebellion or fear of rebellion, as the case of François Makandal shows, but it was the most successful.

Detailed explanation-4: -Between 1791 and 1804 the Saint-Domingue revolution in the West Indies led to the abolition of slavery in the former French colony and the establishment of Haiti, the second independent republic in the Western Hemisphere and the first Western nation governed by persons of African descent.

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