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Quiz for Document 9–4: A Sugar Planter of Saint Domingue Experiences Revolution in France and Saint Domingue, 1791

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. According to the French sugar planter, which of the following was the reason for the slave insurrection on Saint Domingue?

Poor living conditions

Falling sugar prices

The brutality of ambitious planters

French revolutionary rhetoric

2. What was the sugar planter’s opinion about the French Revolution?

The revolution was a terrible mistake, and he hoped to see the monarchy in France restored.

Its ideals were noble, but they applied only to white French citizens.

He hoped France would soon have a president and congress similar to those in the United States.

He thought the revolution would be good for colonial trade and commerce.

3. How did the sugar planter describe the slaves in Saint Domingue?

They were lazy and weak.

The slaves were well fed and happy.

The work was not hard enough to keep them busy.

They were demoralized by cruel masters and treacherous work.

4. How did the French sugar planter react to the revolution in Saint Domingue?

He and other French planters managed to stop the slave revolt and restored order.

He returned to France to help stop the French Revolution.

He fled to the United States.

He wrote several pamphlets opposing the French Revolution and the revolution in Saint Domingue.