EMERGENCE OF USA
HOW DID THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION INFLUENCE THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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The Spanish
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The Hatians
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The Hessians
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The causes of the Haitian Revolution included the affranchis’ frustrated aspirations, the brutality of slave owners, and inspiration from the French Revolution.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Haitian Revolution has often been described as the largest and most successful slave rebellion in the Western Hemisphere. Slaves initiated the rebellion in 1791 and by 1803 they had succeeded in ending not just slavery but French control over the colony.
Detailed explanation-3: -Several hundred free Black men from Haiti fought in the French military during the American Revolutionary War. Among them were men who became key revolutionaries in Haiti.
Detailed explanation-4: -The French Revolution provided the necessary spark for the revolution in Haiti to occur: it was the inspiration the cause of the abolition of slavery in Haiti needed to actualize its goals. Coke, Thomas. A History of the West Indies.