PLPA 2003 Lecture 11: Military Campaigns and Disease
Document Summary
Movement of people to new areas (virgin population) or carry disease with them. French revolution 1789-1799: end of french monarchy. Napoleon bonaparte rules france with coup as he was member of military, 1799-1814: conquers much of europe (spreads napoleonic code) - set of ideas came from french revolution made changes to society. End of feudalism: rise of nationalism. State more important than kings or monarch: european revolution mid-nineteenth century. State more important than individuals: series of setbacks. Yellow fever in haiti: formerly known as hispaniola, french colonize in 1697. late 17th century, wealth from sugar plantation, imported african slave, slave revolution in 1791, french attempt to retake island 1802. Friday, february 23, 2018: napoleons send charles leclerc with 20-30,000 soldiers. (2/3 of expeditionary force lost) due to yellow fever and malaria. Restricted by british: only nation successfully formed by slave rebellion, no formal ties. However became bankrupt when forced to pay reparations for confiscated land.
