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The Haitian Revoltuion Timeline
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Island of Santo Domingo Divides
The island of Santo Domingue is a busy plantion colony -
The Black Code
Compilation of laws intended to improve the treatment and working conditions of black slaves in the West Indies; published by King Louis XIV in France in 1685. Slave owners were ordered not to force the slaves to work on Sundays and holidays; they were allowed to be baptized and to marry. Minimum standards of food, clothing, and care (during sickness) were established for slave owners; any owner found abusing his authority risked punishment. It ruled that a slave family—husband, wife, and minor -
Treaty of Ryswyck.
Gave the French the french a third of the island. also was the day that the saint domingue was created -
War Breaks out
War Breaks out. The Rebels, lead by vodoo priests, start a rebellion against the French -
free black militias and extended full citizenship to all free men of color
Faced with widespread disorder, the white government needed the free black militias and extended full citizenship to all free men of color in April -
The arrival of the representative of the revolutionary French government
With Léger Félicité Sonthonax rapid movent to put himself into power as dictator of Saint Domingue, markes the white the beginning of the white decline. -
Sonthonax abolished slavery
Sonthonax abolished slavery in August 1793. -
British Gains Control of Saint Domingue
The British get control of saint Domingue. The British signed a treaty with the white plantation owners. -
Three different Powers are fighting in Saint Domingue
By the end of the Year there where three different forces fighting in Saint Domingue. The Spanish -
The Extra Forces Leave
The Extra forces withdrew because of serval key defeats. The british lost Guadeloupe to the French forces that they where allied with. The Spanish leave when they lose a lot of battles at the hands of Toussaint. -
Toussaint Becomes Governor
Sonthonax made Toussaint governor of Saint-Domingue and commander of the French armies there, hoping to protect his own position, but a month later, he was again recalled to France -
Toussaint forces Sonthonax evicted to France
Toussaint and his forces marched on Le Cap and forcefully evicted Sonthonax, who was trying to stay in violation of the recall order. -
British Try to take Saint Domingue But fail
he British saw the struggle between the two as an opportunity, but Toussaint continued to thwart them as well, and they finally withdrew -
The War Of Knifes
Toussaint began fighting the mulattos, who were under the leadership of André Rigaud. This extremely violent and bloody stage of the revolt was known as "the war of knives," with forces on both sides torturing and killing large numbers of their adversaries http://warfarehistorian.blogspot.com/2012/10/conflicts-you-should-know-haitian.html -
Napoleon Bonaparte Becomes Empire of France
Napolean comes to power as he declares himself emperor of France. -
The War of Knifes Ends
In July 1800, Toussaint defeated Rigaud, and the mulatto leader and 700 of his men sailed from the island. The victorious Toussaint invited whites to return to their plantations—the upheaval of the preceding eight years had displaced many—and instituted a system of forced labor to stabilize the economy. -
Toussaint Makes a consitution
On July 16, 1801, Toussaint issued a constitution concentrating power in himself and omitting any significant recognition of France's sovereignty in Saint-Domingue. -
French and England make peace
France made peace with England, which freed up the forces thought necessary to return Saint-Domingue to French control. -
French Take Back Saint Saint Domingue
The French soldiers returned to the island and initially had better luck than the British, taking control of the north and Le Cap by April 1802. Toussaint and his generals surrendered, and the leader died in prison in April 1803. -
The French Become Weak
Frances forces where becoming weak. war and disea spread the french thin in Saint Domingue -
Toussaint Dies
The Leader of the revolution Toussaint dies in prison in 1803 -
Britian Declares war against The French
Napleon promising troups to saint domingue and then Britian Declares war againsts the french and that puts all focus on the Britian War -
The White Massacre
With one of toussaints Generals returning there was a white massacre against all whites and french powers. -
The Republic of Haiti is created
The Rebels of Saint Domingue win the war with France, and the Republic of Haiti is created.
