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White planters wanted independence from revolutionary France
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Haitian Revolution begins
Dutty Boukman, former slave and voodoo priest, organized a slave rebellion where they burned down fields and homes. Many people consider this the start of the revolution. -
France declares themselves a republic
France abolishes their absolute monarchy and exacutes Louis XVI a year later. -
Britain & Spain try to weaken Saint Domingue
Britain and Spain tried to get help for their side agreeing to give land to rebel leaders that come to help the Europeans. Louverture tried to trick the Spanish and join their side. -
French abolish slavery
The French government abolishes slavery in French colonies -
Spain signs treaty
In the wake of several losses in Europe and the Caribean for the French, Spain signs a treaty agreeing to leave Hispaniola. -
Louverture kicked the English off the island
Louverture kicked the English off the island after the Spanish left. -
Louverture creates a constitution for Hati to follow
This constitution abolishes slavery for the citizens but also outlaws slavery and makes Louverture their ruler for life. Many people wee not happy about this and thought of it as another form of slavery. -
Louverture stopped rebel from his citizens
Louverture was able to stop people from rebelling but they were still mad at him. -
Napolean sent troops to invade Saint Domingue
Napolean was furious that the constitution had gone too far and he gave Saint Domingue too much power, so he sent troops to invade. -
The French returned their tactics with charging for their damage
The French make Saint Domingue pay for the damage they had done to the island and it takes them over a hundred years to pay it. -
Dessalines leads the people of Saint Domigue
When he lead the people he used a scorched earth policy to get the French to leave the island. -
The French restore slaverly in the surrounding countries
The French reinstate slavery in their other colonies and tell Saint Domingue if they stop fighting they won't reinstate slavery there. But the people of Saint Domingue kept fighting. -
Louverture's captured
Louverture was tricked into attending a meeting where is was captured by the French. -
The French invaded Saint Dominguq
Many of Louverture's people switched to fight for the the French,
