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The Haitian Declaration of Independence
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Comparing and Contrasting the Declaration of Independence of Haiti and the Unites States
The Haitian Declaration of Independence
The United States Declaration of Independence
- Written in 1804, adopted on the 4th of July
- This declaration declared Haiti's independence from France at the end of a bitter war against forces sent by Napoleon Bonaparte.
- Written by Jean-Jacques Dessalines.
The revolution that led do this declaration of independence happened when slaves initiated a rebellion in 1791 and by 1803 they had succeeded in ending not just slavery but French control over the colony.
- Written in 1776, adopted on the 1st of January.
- This declaration declared the United Stated independence from Great Britain and said that they would form their own nation after war.
- Written by Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, John Adams, and Robert R. Livingston.
The revolution that led to this declaration of independence took place between 1765 and 1783 during which the thirteen colonies rejected the British monarchy and aristocracy and refused to pay taxes to the British. They overthrew the authority of Great Britain, and founded the United States of America.
Aspects in which these two documents the same
- Both documents freed them from a controlling country after war. The Declaration of independence for Haiti said they were no longer slaves under the rule of France, while the United States Declaration of Independence declared that they were to be no longer under British rule.
- Both set out a precise list of the specific complaints which their government had against the actions of the opposing country.
- They discuss human rights and the nature of national sovereignty(the right to exist without other nations interfering).
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