Do not yell out the answer! There were several different reasons

which led to the War of 1812. Which of the following is considering the central dispute which led to the War of 1812?

A. disputes over English taxes and tariffs levied in the United States

B. impressment of American soldiers by the British

C. dispute over control of the land that is presently Florida

D. the United States seeking independence from England

Explanation The British policy of impressment was

one of the factors that contributed to the War of 1812. British ships would stop American ships and force American sailors to work on British ships. The British did not recognize American citizenship and often claimed that the American sailors they took were actually British subjects.

What is the Middle Passage? Who started the slave trade?

Portugal, in the late 1400’s

White man describing the atrocities of the Middle Passage.

How Does It feel to be a slave on the Middle Passage?

Middle Passage Beginning of slave trade

Slave trade

Triangular Trade

Let’s See it in Action!!

Mercantilism Colonies exist for the benefit of the

mother country. Must have more exports than imports. Raw materials come from colonies and

mother country sends out finished products.

REVOLUTION in HAITI1791-1804

Where is Haiti???

Haiti was known as

St. Dominique

• Saint Dominique was a French colony and the world's leading sugar producer. It had over 800 sugar plantations and made more profit than all 13 American colonies combined.

• A few French families made huge profits from sugar, while most Haitians, nearly 500,000 were African slaves

• Most slaves worked on plantations and they outnumbered their masters dramatically. White masters thus used brutal methods to terrorize slaves and keep them powerless.

• When the French Revolution began, white settlers called for independence. Slaves had their own goal -- freedom. In 1791, about 100,000 slaves rose in revolt. They burned the sugar cane in the fields and killed hundreds of slave owners. The

uprising touched off 13 years of civil war in which both sides suffered massacres.

A Leader Emerges

• The rebels found a remarkable leader in Toussaint L'Ouverture, a self-educated former slave. L'Ouverture

organized the rebels into an effective fighting force. By 1801, Toussaint had moved into Spanish Santo Domingo (the eastern two-thirds of Hispaniola). He took control of the

territory, freed the slaves and created a constitution.

TouissantL’Ouverture

• Former Slave• Self-educated

• Became a skilled general and

diplomat• Led slave revolt

in 1791

Yes, of course we agree.. Why don’t you come to Paris to discuss this further.

• L'Ouverture urged Haitians to fight to the death against the invaders. • However, in May, Toussaint agreed to halt the revolution if the French

would end slavery.

• When Napoleon Bonaparte took power in France, he decided to reclaim the rich

sugar plantations of Saint Dominique. In January 1802, 16,000 French troops

landed in Saint Dominique to get rid of Toussaint.

I want St. Dominique back!

We will stop fighting if you agree to end slavery forever on St. Dominique!

• Despite the agreement, the French soon accused him of planning another uprising.

• The French sent Toussaint to an icy prison in the French Alps. Ten months later, in 1803, the Haitian leader died.

“In overthrowing me, you have done no more than cut down the trunk of the tree of the black liberty in St.Domingue- it will spring back from the roots, for they are numerous and deep.”

- Toussaint L’Ouverture

In your own words, explain this quote by Toussaint

L’Ouverture.

Who do you think will win this war? Why?

After Toussaint’s death, Haiti was restored to French domination and slavery was re-implemented. However, The taste of freedom that Toussaint had enabled the Haitians to feel was not in vain. They continued to fight the French in a brutal

revolution.

Independence At Last

• The effect of yellow fever on the French was staggering. As many as 50,000 soldiers, officers, doctors, and sailors may have died from yellow fever. Before reinforcements arrived, The original French force of 20,000 was reduced to only a few thousand.

• On January 1, 1804, Dessalines declared the nation independent and renamed it Haiti.  Haiti thus emerged as the first black republic in the world, and the second nation in the western hemisphere (after the US) to win its independence from a European power. 

• .

• First black colony to free itself from European

control.• 1820: Haiti became an

independent republic

The Impact of Change• The country was crippled by years of war, its agriculture devastated, its formal

commerce nonexistent, and the people uneducated and mostly unskilled.•Six months later, Napoleon decided to give up his possessions in the New World. He was busy in Europe and these far-away possessions were more trouble than

they were worth.• He abandoned Haiti to independence and sold the French territory in North

America to the United States (the Louisiana purchase).

Was the Haitian Revolution a success?

Explain.

Most Important thing On a half sheet of paper, write down the

most important thing you learned today and why you think it is the most important thing.

Must be at least 3 sentences.