WORLD HISTORY

EMERGENCE OF USA

HOW DID THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION INFLUENCE THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which was the first country in Latin America to gain independence?
A
Bolivia
B
Haiti
C
Venezuela
D
Mexico
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Haiti became the world’s first black-led republic and the first independent Caribbean state when it threw off French colonial control and slavery in the early 19th Century. But independence came at a crippling cost. It had to pay reparations to France, which demanded compensation for former slave owners.

Detailed explanation-2: -Fast Facts about Independence in South America The first country to declare independence was Colombia in 1810. The last was Suriname in 1975.

Detailed explanation-3: -Summary. Haiti is the second-oldest republic in the Western Hemisphere, after the United States. Though it won independence from France in 1804, Haiti did not receive U.S. recognition until 1862.

Detailed explanation-4: -Through the struggle, the Haitian people ultimately won independence from France and thereby became the first country to be founded by former slaves.

Detailed explanation-5: -Haiti became the first free black republic in the world, the first independent state in the Caribbean and the second independent state in the Western Hemisphere after the United States.

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