Unit 6

  • Treaty of Ryswick

    Spain codes the western third of the island (Haiti) French
  • Ensalved

    The French colony of Saint Domingue is the most lucrative colony in the world, at this time, more lucrative than the 13 Colonies. Its slave-produced tropical crops generated great wealth. Peple, mainly of western African origin, were enslaved by the French.
  • Spinning Jenny Invention

  • American Revolution Start

    By 1775 British and Americans grew tense and a gunfire was exchanged at LEington and Concord Massachussetts signaling the beginning of the American Revolution.
  • American Revolution End

    General Cornwallis was surrounded and forced to surrender the British position at Yorktown, Virginia. Two years later, the Treaty of Paris made it official: America was independent.
  • Storm of the Bastille

    Marks the beginning of the French Revolution
  • Colonial Assembly formed

    In Saint-Domingue the Colonial Assembly forms to combat actions the French National Assembly has taken on behalf of free blacks and mulattoes.
  • Equal Rights Demand

    In Saint-Domingue,the free men of color demand equal rights with free whites based on The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen.
  • Oge Rebellion

    Vincent Oge leads free colored rebellion in the north
  • Beginnig of Haitian Revolution

    The Haitian Revolution begins when a group of slaves gather at Bois-Caïman in the northern part of the colony. Jamaican-born Dutty Boukman holds a voodoo ceremony that launches the struggle.
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    Haitian Revolution

  • Reign of Terror

    Period of VIolence during the French Revolution were many executions took place through the guillotine
  • Louverture

    Louverture misjudges, however, and instead of gaining favor abroad his audacity threatens the French and he is quickly seen as a major threat.
  • Secret Alliance

    Louverture signs a secret alliance treaty with England and the United States.
  • Battery Invention

  • Defeat

    Louverture exiles Rigaud to France and re-divides the areas of conflict. He grants general amnesty to every person who helped him fight Rigaud.
  • Haiti´s Independence

    Dessalines proclaims Haiti’s independence, signaling the formation of the world’s first black republic. He publishes a Declaration of Independence, signed by himself and Christophe, and the colony “Saint-Domingue” is abolished forever. The original Taino name of Hayti is officially restored.
  • Emperor in Haiti

    Dessalines is crowned Emperor Jacques I of Haiti.
  • Napoleon's Dictatorship

    Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself emperor of France
  • Haiti is divided

    Haiti was divided inyo two parts, THe Republic of Haiti and THe Kingdom of Haiti
  • Colombia Independence day

  • Chile Independence Day

  • Venezuela Independence Day

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    San Martin's revolutions

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    Simon Bolivar's revolutions

  • Argentina Indepence Day

  • Gran Colombia creation

    Date is not specified only year
  • Peru Independence Day

  • Ecuador Independence day

  • Bolivia Independence day

  • Typewriter Invention

  • Sewing Machine Invention

  • US Acceptance

    United States finally recognized Haiti as an independent country
  • Telephone Invention