CHAPTER 16 OUTLINE I. Opening Vignette A. The 2010 Haitian earthquake devastated this already impoverished country. 1. also reawakened issues from slave-led revolution of 1804 a. heavy reparations to the French had long impeded development of the country 2. Haitian Revolution was part of a wider set of upheavals a. Haitians drew inspiration from North American and French Revolutions b. the Haitian revolution helped to shape Latin American independence struggles c. echoes of these revolutions reverberated around the world II. Atlantic Revolutions in a Global Context A. From the early eighteenth to mid-nineteenth century, political and social upheaval occurred in many parts of the world. B. Atlantic revolutions took place in this wider framework.