History 4/9 timeline

By hunter.simcox24
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    Caribbean economic center of Americas

    Caribbean was the economic center of the Americas

  • American Revolution

    The American Revolution egan

  • Free blacks join French army

    Free blacks from Saint-Domingue joined the French military and backed the American rebels

  • U.S. independence

    United States won independence from British

  • 90% enslaved

    90% of the Haitian population was enslaved
  • Period: to

    First stage of Haitian revolution

    This was the first stage of the Haitian revolution

  • Slaves rose up in Haiti

    Tens of thousands of enslaved people in the north of Haiti rose up against the plantation system

  • Haitians uprise

    Mass uprising of Haitians

  • Slavery ends in Haiti

    End of slavery in Haiti (St. Domingue)

  • End of slavery in the French Empire

    End of slavery throughout the French Empire

  • Napoleon reverses ban

    Napoleon reverses France's ban on slavery

  • Louverture was arrested

    Louverture(Leader of Haitian Revolution) was arrested

  • Haitian independence

    Haiti declares independence from France

  • France recognizes Haitian independence

    France recognizes Haitian independence

  • U.S. recognizes Haiti as a country

    United States recognizes Haiti as an independent country