Toussaint Louverture Poster Analysis
On my group's posters, we used elements that could compare to our topics. For example, in the Toussaint L’ouverture poster, the directors were the French and American revolutions because the Haitian revolution was inspired by those two revolutions. It was starring Napoleon because he was the French leader at that time and Haiti was a colony of the French at that time. It was also starring the Grand Blancs, Petit Blancs, and slaves because those were the people in Haiti that were objecting to being ruled by France and fought for their freedom. I choose the background as a fight scene between the French and the Haitians because when Toussaint L'Ouverture decided to lead his people to their freedom, they had to fight against the French. The focus of the picture was Toussaint L'Ouverture wearing his general clothing because it showed how he was fighting for
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The French and Haitian revolutions were similar because the people who were revolting wanted equal right for most of the citizens. They were also similar because they had influential people such as Maximilien Robespierre (France) and Toussaint Louverture (Haiti) who lead the people. Another similarity was that the result of these revolutions was that the people completely overthrew their previous government and formulated their own. Although these revolutions were similar, they still had their differences. For example, the Haitian revolution had revolts organized by slaves so that they could be free while the French revolution did not have slaves as a factor. Another revolution that the Haitian revolution could be compared to is the Spanish American revolution. Both of these revolutions were trying to gain independence from their colonizers, as well as trying to gain better treatment of their lower social classes. However, they are different from each other because the Haitian revolution was more violent with slave
The French and Haitian revolutions were similar because the people who were revolting wanted equal right for most of the citizens. They were also similar because they had influential people such as Maximilien Robespierre (France) and Toussaint Louverture (Haiti) who lead the people. Another similarity was that the result of these revolutions was that the people completely overthrew their previous government and formulated their own. Although these revolutions were similar, they still had their differences. For example, the Haitian revolution had revolts organized by slaves so that they could be free while the French revolution did not have slaves as a factor. Another revolution that the Haitian revolution could be compared to is the Spanish American revolution. Both of these revolutions were trying to gain independence from their colonizers, as well as trying to gain better treatment of their lower social classes. However, they are different from each other because the Haitian revolution was more violent with slave