August 22 History Quiz — 5 Questions

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Why did enslaved Africans revolt in Saint-Domingue in 1791?

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Which specific event in May 1791, resulting from Vincent Ogé's earlier revolt, directly destabilized Saint-Domingue and contributed to the slave uprising?

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According to the source material, the Haitian Revolution is compared to which historical uprising as the largest slave rebellion since that earlier event?

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Which historian characterizes the historiography of the Haitian Revolution as being 'silenced' by that of the French Revolution?

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In the Treaty of Ryswick of 1697, which territory did Spain formally recognize as under French control?

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Which group in Saint-Domingue numbered approximately 40,000 residents in 1789 and included both plantation owners and artisans?

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