Problem:
Resources: Strayer, 468-477 (chapt.16)
*The French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen," in Worlds of History, vol. 2, 207-210.
*Toussaint L'Ouverture, "Letter to the Directory," in ed. Kevin Reilly, Worlds of
History: A Comparative Reader, vol. 2, 217-219.
Q1. In what ways did the ideas of the Enlightenment contribute to the Atlantic revolutions?
Q2. What was revolutionary about the American Revolution? What was not?
Q3. How did the French Revolution differ from the American Revolution?
Q4. In what ways did the principles of the French revolution mean different things to different people in Haiti?
Q5. What factors contributed to Haitians launching the only successful slave rebellion in the Americas?
Q6. How are Enlightenment ideas reflected in "The French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen"?
Q7. Why did Toussaint L'Ouverture write a letter to the conservative French Directory (later overthrown by Napoleon)?
Q8. How did Toussaint L'Ouverture try to reassure the Directory of his allegiance to France and also attempt to convince it that a return to slavery was unthinkable? (Provide specific evidence from L'Ouverture's letter when answering this question.)