The Haitian Revolution began in which year?

• A. 1789
• B. 1791
• C. 1804
• D. 1793

Answer: (B)

The main idea here is identifying when the Haitian Revolution started. The movement began with a large-scale uprising by enslaved people in Saint-Domingue in 1791. In the late summer of that year, enslaved workers rose up, attacks on plantations and fires spread, and a sustained struggle against slavery and colonial rule was unleashed. This moment marks the beginning of the Haitian Revolution, which later evolved into a full campaign that culminated in independence in 1804.

Dates around that era are connected to broader events: the start of the French Revolution in 1789 influenced revolts across the Atlantic, but it is not when the Haitian uprising began; 1793 lies in the period of shifting French policy and internal crisis, not the inception of the Haitian revolt; and 1804 is when Haiti achieved independence, the culmination of the revolution, not its start.