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Caribbean Economic Center
During the 1700's the Caribbean was the economic center of the Americas -
American Revolution Begins
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Free Slaves Join The French Military
Free slaves from Saint-Domingue joined the French military to back American rebels -
American Revolution Ends
won independence from Britain -
Haitian Slaves
Ninety percent of the Haitian population was enslaved -
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French Revolution
this revolution was deeply influenced by the other two revolutions due to the effects it had on the French -
Fighting Back
Tens of thousands enslaved people that were held in the north of Haiti rose up and began to defy the plantation system -
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Haitian Revolution
the mass upbringing of slaves happened in 1791-
they ended slavery in their colony in 1793-
they ended slavery in the French empire in 1794-
Haitians gained independence from France in 1804- -
Law of May 20
Napoleon reverses the Law of February 4th, 1794, the law in which slavery was abolished in all French colonies -
Louverture Gets Arrested
Louverture, the leader of the Haitian Revolution gets arrested. He later died in prison due to pneumonia and malnutrition -
France Recognizes The Haitians
France officially recognizes Haiti as its own country -
The United States Recognizes Haiti
The United States was the last of the nations to recognize Haiti as an official country