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Jul 19, 1081
Thomas Jefferson
In the United States, President Thomas Jefferson reassures the French that he opposes independence in Saint-Domingue and pledges to support Napoleon’s agenda. -
Dec 5, 1492
Discovery of Haiti
Spanish men were searching for gold, when Christopher Colombus discovered Hispaniola (Haiti). -
American Revolution
American Revolution Begins -
Black People
Indians died and Africans were taken to Saint Domingue. -
Division of Hispaniola
Division of Hispaniola. -
Toussaint
Toussaint was educated by Jesuits while they saw all the awfulness of the slavery. -
Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson writes teh Declaration of Independence. -
Saint Domingue to France
Spain transfers Santo Domingue into France. -
Stamp Act Tax
British passes teh stamp act tax. Patric Henry speaks out against this tax. -
Estates General
Estates General was the first meeting since 1614 of the French Estates-General, a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm: the clergy which was the First Estate, the nobles which was the Second Estate, and the common people the Third Estate. -
Influation by the French Revolution
Influenced by the French Revolution the black people were separated from political and the wealthy people were cloct to the States-General. -
Saint Domingue Revolt
Saint Domingue first revolts led by the whites and mulattos. -
National Assembly
National Assembly formed ,, was a revolutionary assembly formed by the representatives of the Third Estate (the common people) of the Estates-General. -
Storm of the Bastille
The storm of teh Bastille was a key event which marked the beginning of the French Revolution . It is celebrated in France every July 14th as "Bastille Day." Born as a royal fortress, in the fourteenth century, its death symbolized the end of the monarchy and the birth of the modern French Republic. -
Women's March
Women's March on Versailles happend when an angry mob of nearly 7,000 working armed women marched in the rain from Paris to Versailles in what was to be a pivotal event in the intensifying French Revolution. -
General National Assembly
The General National Assembly in Paris passed an amendament that said "All propietors ough to be active citizens". This excluded the petit blancs because most of them did not own a property. -
Disagreement & Revolution
Freeborn men of color and white men disagree. Revolution of slaves led by the Toussaint. -
Execution of Louis XVI
It was a major event of the French Revolution. Louis was arrested, interned in the Temple prison with his family, tried for high treason before the National Convention. His execution made him the first victim of the Reign of Terror. -
Execution of Marie Antoniette
She was Louis XVI wife, was executed a few months after him. -
Execution of Roberspierre
roberspierre was a French lawyer and politician, and one of the best-known and most influential figures of the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror. That was the reason he was executed -
Saint Domingue
Primary electoral assemblies in Saint Domingue are formed to elect colonial representatives to the legislative body in France. This facilitated by Louverture, results in positions for Laveaux and Sonthonax as deputies to the French legislature. -
Power struggles in Loverture's
Power struggles of Louverture’s growing power. Sonthonax appoints Louverture Commander-in-Chief of the army to solidify his position and strengthen his ties. He plans to depart the colony in eighteen months when his assignment ends. -
Bonaparte
Bonaparte’s overthrows the Directory in France, destroying the democratic republic and its anti-slavery principles. He declares himself Consul-for-Life and restores the pre-Revolution status quo of white rule, and turns his attention to France’s colonies.