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3. What resources were the United States trying to gain from haiti​

Answer 1

The Haitian Revolution created the second independent country in the Americas after the United States became independent in 1783. ... Prior to and after U.S. independence, American merchants enjoyed a healthy trade with St. Domingue. The French Revolution had a great impact on the colony. Lmk

Answer 2

The Haitian Revolution and the subsequent emancipation of Haiti as an independent state provoked mixed reactions in the United States. Among many white Americans this led to uneasiness, instilling fears of racial instability on its own soil and possible problems with foreign relations and trade between the two countries; among enslaved black Americans it fueled hope that the principles of the recent American Revolution might be realized in their own liberation.

One outcome of the Haitian Revolution for the US was the Louisiana Purchase. Having lost his control of the Caribbean landholding, Napoleon saw no further use for Louisiana. The US was only interested in the New Orleans area; however, the revolution enabled the sale of the entire territory west of the Mississippi River for around $15 million. This purchase more than doubled US territory.

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