1. Monday, March 14th, 2016
Warm Up: What was the effect of the Enlightenment on the world?

2. Monday, March 14th, 2016 Agenda: Latin American Revolutions
Background
Causes
Effects
Learning Target: I can describe the causes and effect of the Latin American revolutions.

4. Crash Course 3-14-16 Latin American Revolutions
Causes: 1 2 3
Effects: 1 2 3

5. Pg 708-711 Read Mexico Latin America To Do: (in your notebook)
Bolivar & San Martin
To Do: (in your notebook)
Map Questions (1 & 2)
People in History (Bolivar & San Martin)

6. Thought Questions What caused discontent in Latin America?
What international influence encouraged revolutions in Latin America?

7. Haitian Revolution
Mr. Pronley

8. Map

9. Government Systems Sainte-Domingue was the name of the island.
Divided island with Spain – French controlled western 1/3
Important colony because of sugar and coffee plantations
“Pearl of the Antilles”
Four Very Different Social Groups
Wealth Planters(white), Free people of Color, Poor Whites, Slaves
Wealthy Planters who owned large plantations and a lot of slaves
therefore controlled life on the island colony.
90% of the people were slaves and most were African born
Government was controlled by King of France

10. Causes Long term Causes: Short term Causes:
Slaves: Slavery on Sugar Plantations was brutal
Poor Whites: wanted more rights and the wealth to own slaves
Free People of Color: wanted more rights in the government
Short term Causes:
French Revolution & Declaration of the Rights of Man
News about the expansion of rights to the lower classes gets groups excited
3-way Civil War
Planters & Gov’t, Poor White & People of African decent

11. Sides and Key Figures Phases: Key Figures: Goals?
ONE: 3-Way Civil War in 1791 – Africans win
TWO: European powers attack over the next 13 years ending in 1804
Key Figures:
Toussaint L’Outverture – Haitian Leader
Jacques Dessalines – Haitian Leader
Napoleon – Emperor of the French Empire
Charles Leclerc - General – Napoleon’s brother-in-law
Goals?
France, Spain, Great Britain
Wanted to gain control of the island
Re-enslave Africans
People of African decent
wanted their freedom
colonial powers from the island
removal of whites

12. Battles/Conflicts Brief Timeline Haiti was successful because…
Civil War
1798 – British and Spanish begin to attack the freed slaves
1801 Napoleon sends soldiers to reclaim island
1803 – Last of the Europeans are defeated
Battle of Vertiere – Nov. 18th, 1803: France surrenders
Haiti was successful because…
outnumbered whites
well-organized under L’Outverture and Dessalines
Used guerrilla tactics against the Europeans-
Quick hit and run attacks

13. Lasting Impacts
First successful revolution that truly stood up for lowest class of people.
Defeated – Racism and Colonialism at the same time
First democracy for people of African decent
Democratic constitution
Social Structure completely change
Not recognized as a country by the U.S. until 1862

14. Sources http://www.blackpast.org/gah/haitian-revolution-1791-1804