Question

How did the Enlightenment influence the French and Haitian Revolutions?

Answer 1

Answer:

The Enlightenment influenced the French and Haitian Revolutions by inculcating on the minds of people the possibility and importance of equality and representative government.

Explanation:

• Toussaint L’Ouverture, a slave who was influenced by the ideas of the Enlightenment, went to the Caribbeans and inculcated on the minds of the people the significance of freedom.

• He took charge as the leader of the revolution in Haiti and led it against their French colonizer.

• The seeking of equality and equal representation proposed through the enlightenment ideas became the foundation of the French Revolution.