Russia maintained successful relations with long-time allies, and struggled to modernize
Haiti was a brutal, terrifying place for most slaves.
<span>Slavery was particularly harsh in Haiti, much harsher than in the USA. There were laws which defined what a slave owner could, and couldn't do to their slaves, but these were routinely ignored. </span>
<span>There are at least two documented cases of runaway slaves being captured, tied over a log, a funnel put up their backside, gunpowder poured in and then a fuse lit - all for the benefit of the other slaves - they were killed by being blown apart as a warning to the others. </span>
<span>The work was hard, life expectancy low and wives and children were routinely sold away from their husbands. The French even codified the degrees of "African-ness", down to 1 part per 128, that's someone's great-great-great-great-great-great grand parents, and what jobs and responsibilities they could have. </span>
<span>Then there were the maroons - escaped slaves who lived in the jungles and mountains - they occasionally raided plantations and even the towns, killing whites and taking slaves away with them. The Maroons became like the bogeyman to blacks and whites alike. </span>
<span>Then along comes the French Revolution, with it's promise of "Liberty, Fraternity and Equality", obviously the slaves believed that this meant them as well: it didn't. </span>
<span>The intellectual cause of the Haitian Revolution was the philosophies of the Enlightenment - specifically the same intellectual base as the French Revolution. Basically the cry "libertie egalitie fraternitie" does not qualify which kind of person should be free - so ALL men were considered brothers. This thought pervaded Haitian mulatto and freed slave society, and seemed to offer a genuine equality and freedom for all on the island. </span>
<span>The other intellectual driving force of the revolution is the individual intellect of those leaders who were able to motivate, to organise and to conduct military campaigns with skill and flair - the leaders, Christopher, Brenda and, of course, Toussaint L'Ouverture. </span><span />
The conditions that led to the development of the feudal system were: The barabarians brought violence and destruction everywhere they went. True or False: Each manor was dependent on the other manors for pasture and workers.
Austria Hungary would have been crushed on 3 sides and the Eastern Front (in Russia) would have seen a stalemate similar to the western front. If America joined the war it would already be too late. Most likely Germany would run out of materials if the amount needed were just as bad on the east than on the west. However the Ottomans might not even make too much of a difference. The Ottomans got nearly all their armaments from Germany and it is unlikely that Russia or Britain would be able to supply them in the numbers that Germany did. So it is also possible for the central powers to win but only if the Ottomans are just as ineffective as in our timeline. The real factor that will win the war is whether or not America joins the fight. If the war isn't won with a quick victory Germany would most likely see similar progress on all fronts (although slower, mostly on eastern). Germany would eventually get to Paris unless the allies get America to join the war because without the US they would quickly run out of manpower and supplies. And if the western front fell and Russia hasn't fallen into bolshevik revolution by now it would take the full force of Germany (Italy wouldn't be a big problem central powers defended their border). After that it would most likely fall to revolution after huge losses from Central Power offensives. The ottomans after the fall of Russia would surrender. But all of this given the chance that America decides not to join the war. And with Germany at war with the Ottomans, they might take steps to avoid American Intervention.
