The French and Haitian Revolutions took place around the same period of time, the Haitian Revolution came after the Radical phase of the French Revolution. Both Revolutions came about because the unhappiness of the majority of the people with their social, political and economic standpoints. Also, both revolution were manifested into parts, the moderate and radical phases. The two revolutions were different because of their consequences, France prospered economically while Haiti did not.
One similarity between the causes of the French Revolution and the Haitian Revolution was the majority of the people's’ disgust with the way people in power were treating the people that were in less advantageous positions. The causes of the French Revolution were the financial distress in France, which greatly affected the third estate, and the lack of voice in government that the third estate had. France was in financial distress because King Louis XVI couldn’t pay the war debts that France accumulated, also the spent so much money, that the didn’t have, on himself and his wife. …show more content…
Haiti was economically isolated because of what they represented, which was the success of the slave rebellion. WHat the Haitians represented was a serious threat to the U.S seeing as there were many slaves in the U.S around the eighteen hundreds. Thomas Jefferson, the President of the United States at the time, was afraid that slaves would realize that freedom was not a concept out of reach for slaves. France on the other had prospered economically, but only under the rule of Napoleon. While Haiti sacrificed money for freedom, France had sacrificed freedom for
One similarity between the causes of the French Revolution and the Haitian Revolution was the majority of the people's’ disgust with the way people in power were treating the people that were in less advantageous positions. The causes of the French Revolution were the financial distress in France, which greatly affected the third estate, and the lack of voice in government that the third estate had. France was in financial distress because King Louis XVI couldn’t pay the war debts that France accumulated, also the spent so much money, that the didn’t have, on himself and his wife. …show more content…
Haiti was economically isolated because of what they represented, which was the success of the slave rebellion. WHat the Haitians represented was a serious threat to the U.S seeing as there were many slaves in the U.S around the eighteen hundreds. Thomas Jefferson, the President of the United States at the time, was afraid that slaves would realize that freedom was not a concept out of reach for slaves. France on the other had prospered economically, but only under the rule of Napoleon. While Haiti sacrificed money for freedom, France had sacrificed freedom for