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Volunteer Haitian slaves, led by French admiral Count d'Estaing, fought against the British.
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Jose de San Martin led a series of revolutions in South America against the Spanish.
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The American Revolution comes to an end when representatives of the United States, Great Britain, Spain, and France sing the Traty of Paris.
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Mulattoes and free blacks ask for equal rights and the right to own property.
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Planters, fearful of giving up any control and increasingly divided themselves, became more abusive, executing mulattoes whenever possible.
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The Third Estate organized a assembly at Versailles to write a new constitution.
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Also called the Revolution of 1789. Happenend because of conflict between the monarchy and nobility, the impulse for reform, social antagonisms between aristocracy and bourgeoisie, Louis XVI was an ineffective ruler and there was economic hardship.
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The French Revolution had a big impact in this revolution. People did not want more slavery.
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The revolt was influenced by the French Revolution.
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Occured in Paris, France when the medieval fortress and prison was invaded. It was a symbol of the abuse of the monarchy.
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In the colony, free blacks became more numerous and more militant than in any of France's other colonies.
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The Haitian Revolution was a political conflict in the island of Hispaniola because of slve rebellions
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Some enslaved men began setting fire to an estate.
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Toussaint L’Ouverture joined the forces of Georges Biassou as a doctor to the troops and then as a commander of a small regiment.
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Over 17,000 people were officially tried and executed during the Reign of Terror. This event finished on July 28th, 1794.
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The new French regime abolished slavery.
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L’Ouverture helped create a constitution.
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L’Ouverture negotiated an amnesty for the remaining generals, then retired to his plantations at Ennery.
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The end of colonialism had come at a high price: over a quarter of a million rebels and thousands of Europeans had lost their lives.
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Dessalines proclaimed the independent Republic of Haiti.
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Simon Bolivar fought for Venezuela, New Granada, Colombia, Panama and Ecuador.
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Fance re-imposes the Code Noir, due to planter abuses, this time issuing reforms that address slaves’ work hours, food rations, and quality of life.