HISTORY
IMPERIALISM ASIA
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European colonial policies
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indigenous ethnic rivalries
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urban development
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religious divisions
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Detailed explanation-1: -3) The Sepoy Rebellion was against the British East India Company and the british would eventually triumph over the rebels. The Haitian Revolution was against the french rule in Haiti with Haitian overthrowing French rule and abolishing slavery.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Haitian Revolution was the first and only slave uprising that led to the establishment of a free state without slavery and ruled by non-whites and former slaves. This feat needs to be recognized more in today’s society as one of the marquee revolutions in history.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Haitian Revolution created the second independent country in the Americas after the United States became independent in 1783.
Detailed explanation-4: -It inspired many other Latin American nations to declare independence from colonial rulers, most notably Spain, over the next few decades. However, it also triggered intense fear by other nations’ slave-holders, as the Haitian Revolution was almost totally undertaken by former slaves.
Detailed explanation-5: -In France the peasant and middle classes fought to overthrow their monarch and restructure a government that was already in place, whereas in Haiti the slaves sought to extinguish the aggressive French colonial government.