Unit 5 Continuity & Change
Patterns of Continuity
While revolutions bring change, many aspects of society, culture, and economy remain constant.
Persistence Over Time
Pre-Event
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Slavery
The backbone of Haiti before the revolution was slavery.
Transition
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Revolution
Fed up with the oppressive conditions, the revolt breaks out.
Post-Event
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Slavery is ended
Slavery is ended but injustice remains
Enduring Characteristics
Key areas where continuity was observed.
Racial Makeup
Just like before the revolution, Haiti was majority black
Economic Dependency
Haiti still depended on farming to survive, as they had not industrialized.
Continuity among chaos
Despite politically and socially going through much change and turmoil, many things stayed the same. A summary of them are:
- • Population's racial makeup
- • Dependence on Agriculture
- • Disconnectedness
Why this continued
Many of these continuties existed because of them being an island.
- ✓ The distance from Europe meant that it was hard for people to come to Haiti and given that at one point Haiti was filled with slave plantations, mostly formerly enslaved people inhabited the island after the revolution.
- ✓ They depended on agriculture as it was what the economy had been built on, and they had not had a chance to industrialize.
- ✓ At this time, long distance communication had not been invented yet and thus they were cut off from much of the world.