Hatian Revolution Dpq

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Haitian Revolution DBQ In the time period between 1750 and 1914, the world was changing as more and more people began realizing the need for improved political and social organization. They were revolutionists, who sought to revolt against the current government and impose new laws and rights for all the citizens of society. The Haitian Revolution had a global impact on its society, economy, and legacy. The revolution affected Haiti politically, because Haiti’s declaration of independence and equality influenced other nations, economically because the use of slaves became less profitable, and by driving out the French, the slaves began the development of their independent society. The Haitian Revolution was sparked because of cruelty pushed upon the people in Haiti and the French revolutionary influence. The French government imposed a slave regulation law code which gave landowners guidelines to tend to their slaves (document 1). Since this was written by the king himself, it may be biased because of the fact that the king, King Louis XIV, was French and not a slave and hasn’t been a slave so he doesn’t know how they’ve felt in this time period. The document clearly shows the unfairness of the treatment of slaves, such as the slaves must be Catholic, therefore no freedom of religion. In addition to that, it states how emancipated slaves had the same rights as everyone else who was free in the French lands. This document altogether can be interpreted through the eyes of the slaves who got little to eat and had no rights because they have not yet been emancipated. Those slaves must have been enraged with the government, and those who became emancipated had the rights to rebel against the government, so they did so. The second document was a French document written by the National Assembly that declared their own rights through the Declaration of the Rights of Man
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