What were the causes and effects of the Haitian revolution

Causes-→American and French Revolution

→ 1791-1804 Enlightenment ideas

→gens de coulers (Mulattos) lower in social status than the whites

→Status of slaves in St. Domingue (French Colony)

Effect→1804 Haiti declares independence

→debt burden

→continues cash crop economy

→Pariah-outcast among nations

→New constitution-equality for all regardless of race

→government an economy dominated by small, elite group