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CLSM · World History · Progress Check 3
The Haitian Revolution
Read the situation. Connect the ideas. Show how you know.
Name ___________________________Class __________ Date __________
01 Recall, then make a connection.
Emancipation
Independence
Recognition
Distinguish emancipation, independence, and recognition. Why would combining them into a single event hide important questions about freedom and sovereignty in the Haitian Revolution?
Read the situation.
France abolished slavery in its colonies in 1794 during the revolutionary period. Later French efforts to regain control threatened emancipation. Haiti declared independence in 1804 after a long struggle. Emancipation from slavery and sovereignty from colonial rule were connected but distinct questions, and international recognition did not arrive equally or immediately from other states.
02 Organize the information.
Four dated dispatches
Use these anchors: 1791 revolution begins; 1794 French abolition; 1802 French expedition; 1804 independence.
Place the dispatches in order.
1794: France abolishes slavery in its colonies.
1802: A French expedition seeks to restore control.
1804: Haiti declares independence.
1791: A major uprising begins in Saint-Domingue.
Write the letters in order:
→→→
Explain why one step or event belongs where you put it.
CLSM · World History · Progress Check 3
What does the evidence show?
The Haitian Revolution
03 Follow the evidence.
Challenge the passive account
Claim: “The people of Saint-Domingue simply waited for outsiders to grant freedom.”
Select all evidence that challenges it.
Records of organized resistance beginning in 1791.
The 1804 declaration asserts independence after revolutionary struggle.
A plantation account records exported sugar.
A foreign map gives the island’s location.
Name the useful records and explain how they answer the claim.
04 Apply the idea.
The recognition error
A draft says: “Once Haiti declared independence, all other states immediately recognized it.” The briefing states recognition was uneven and delayed.
Which revision is accurate?
Independence and recognition were separate developments with different timelines.
A country cannot make an independence claim before every other state agrees.
Recognition and abolition mean exactly the same thing.
Choose a conclusion and explain why it fits the situation.
05 Carry the idea forward.
Write a dispatch explaining how the Haitian Revolution challenged two institutions. Compare it with the French Revolution on one point and identify a difference that matters.