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Blacks revolt to improve equality and freedom
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In 1791, a slave revolt erupted on the French colony, and Toussaint-Louverture, a former slave, took control of the rebels.
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Louis XVI was executed because people were tired of being taxed and treason.
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Toussaint Louverture helped Spain get rid of Britain for peace and equality
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Louverture helps France because they were abolishing slavery
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In 1795 Toussaint-Louverture made peace with revolutionary France following its abolishment of slavery.
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Spain signs a peace treaty with France
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In 1804, General Dessalines assumed dictatorial power, and Haiti became the second independent nation in the Americas.
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He wanted to get rid of French so he had them killed for being in Haiti.
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Dessalines formulates the first constitution of Haiti as an independent country.
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ends with the division of Haiti into the southern Republic of Haiti under Alexandre Pétion and the northern State of Haiti under Christophe.
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Pétion is elected president of haiti.
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The Kingdom of Haiti establishes a civil code
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President Pétion of the Republic of Haiti, dies of fever.
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Boyer promulgates the Republican Constitution in Christophe's northern state; northern and southern Haiti are unified
