Haitian revolution

Haitian Revolution

By tessaboyle
  • Aug 17, 1492

    Columbus landson Hispaniola

    Columbus landson Hispaniola
    Columbus lands on the island inhabited by the Taino. He calls the island "La Espanola" or "Hispaniola"
  • Period: Oct 29, 1492 to

    Hatian Revolution

  • Jul 12, 1517

    Taino population

    Taino population
    The Spanish conquest and esnlavement, the Taino population was reduced to 60,000 people by 1517. The Taino population continued drop over the century. In 1592, there were fewer than 200 Taino people living n the island.

  • Saint-Domingue

    Saint-Domingue
    Through the Treaty of Ryswich, France gained control of one-third of Hispaniola and naimed it Saint-Domingue.

  • Saint Domingue supplies

    Saint Domingue supplies
    Saint-Domingue supplied half of Europe with sugar, coffee, and cotton. (The French Revolution begins.)

  • Affranchis

    Affranchis
    In Saint-Domingue, the affranchis (free people of color) demand equal rights with free whites based on the Declaration of the Rights of Man the Citizen. Representatives of the affranchis travel to France to request these rights from the French government, but they are denied.

  • War of Knifes

    War of Knifes
    Napoleon Bonaparte overthrew the failing French Directory. This event marks the end of the French Revolution. Napoleon is under increasing pressure from French merchants to re-capture Saint-Domingue and re-establish slavery. War of knives begins.

  • End of War of Knifes

    End of War of Knifes
    The War of Knives ends and L'Ouverture is now leader of the colony.

  • L'Ouvertures Constitution

    L'Ouvertures Constitution
    L'Ouverture establishes a Constitution. This constitutionabolishes slavery, declared that all citizens had equal rights (and that everyone living Saint Domingue were French citizens), and outlawed the practice of Voodoo.Napoleon views the constitution as a threat and refuses to recognize it.

  • French forces invading Saint Domingue

    French forces invading Saint Domingue
    French forces invade Saint Domingue and intend to re-establish French power/ruler. L'Ouverture is arrested and brought to France, where hedies in prison. Napoleon reinstates slavery in the colony. Slaves organize mass resistanceagainst French forces.

  • Dessalines

    Dessalines
    Jean-Jacques Dessalines proclaims Haiti's independence and crowns himself emperor of Haiti