The <span>navigation acts & mercantilism were aimed to limit the trade within
the empire and had put many restrictions, the reason was that the British did
not want to lose the valuable gold and assets to foreigners, the Sugar Act and
such restrictions forced the colonists away from foreign products and this
caused the colonies to anger. The result was a great dissatisfaction against
British and eventually the Revolutionary war.</span>
The Haitian Revolution has often been described as the largest and most successful slave rebellion in the Western Hemisphere. Slaves initiated the rebellion in 1791 and by 1803 they had succeeded in ending not just slavery but French control over the colony.
Because it supplies the country with water
Britian because america at the time was still not powerful enough to fight it alone without the help of the french soldiers