To answer this question correctly, students must explain how the Constitution of 1801 is connected to both the colonial sugar trade and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. To answer Question 1, students must explain that the sugar trade gave rise to a brutal system of slavery and that the revolution that produced the Constitution of 1801 was opposed to slavery. To answer Question 2, students must either explain that the enlightenment ideals of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen influenced Louverture's declaration of self-rule in Haiti or that the sentiments in the Declaration affected the content of the Constitution of 1801.
Level: Proficient
Question 1
Student identifies and explains a relevant connection between the Constitution of 1801 and the colonial sugar trade.
Question 2
Student identifies and explains a relevant connection between the Constitution of 1801 and the Declaration of the Rights of Man.
Level: Emergent
Question 1
Student identifies a relevant connection between the Constitution of 1801 and the sugar trade but does not provide a complete explanation of that connection.
Question 2
Student identifies a relevant connection between the Constitution of 1801 and the Declaration of the Rights of Man but does not provide a complete explanation of that connection.
Level: Basic
Question 1
Student does not provide a reasonable explanation for how the sugar trade is connected to the Constitution of 1801.
Question 2
Student does not provide a reasonable explanation for how the Declaration of the Rights of Man is connected to the Constitution of 1801.
