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Haitian Revolution
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Russian Leader
Bibliography
Vladimir Lenin
"Russian Revolution." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.
SparkNotes. SparkNotes, n.d. Web. 23 Feb. 2015.
"Toussaint Louverture." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 13 Feb. 2015.
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- founded the bolsheviks
- wanted Russia to be a communist country
- first leader of the soviet union
- close followee of marxism
Haitian Social Injustice/Inequality
- enslaved labor force (production of sugar, coffee, indigo, and cotton)
- controlled by planters
5 Questions
1. What similarities are there between the two Revolutions?
2. What did France attempt to keep secret from the Haitian slaves?
3. Where were the new socialist and democratic movements that inspired the Russian Revolution based?
4. What was the irony involved with the oppression of the Haitian slaves?
5. What is the significance of Toussaint L’Overture's prevail against Napoleon and France?
Our 5 Ingredients to a Revolution
1. Social Injustice/Inequality
2. Oppression
3. Inspiration/Hope
4. Common Enemy
5. Leader
Russian Inspiration/Hope
- aside from previous revolutions, the russians were inspired by new socialist and democratic movements in Europe at the time
Haitian Leader
Toussaint L’Ouverture
- self-educated slave with no military training
- led his country to be
an independent country
- used political and military
tactics to gain dominance
over his rivals
- was able to spread the
revolution from Haiti
Russian Common Enemy
- like many revolutions, it was pointed at the gov’t,
- more importantly the Tsar’s
Russian Social injustice/inequality
- there were chronic food shortages
- bread cost was incredibly high
- ruling class was significantly wealthier than working class
Russian Oppression
- there was a brutal oppression of the Russian people by the Tsar
- working class was practically slaves
Haitian Common Enemy
- White Planters in Saint Dominque
- French and the British
Haitian Oppression
- slave labor
- barely given human rights
- terrible working conditions
Haitian Inspiration/Hope
- influenced by the french revolution, “Declaration Of The Rights of Man”
- Haiti was a French colony
- they weren't supposed
to know of the revolution