Lesser Antilles

Examples of Lesser Antilles in the following topics:

• The French Empire

  • During the 17th and 18th centuries, France ruled much of the Lesser Antilles at various times.
  • Nicknamed the Pearl of the Antilles, Saint-Domingue became the richest colony in the Caribbean until a 1791 slave revolt, which began the Haitian Revolution, led to freedom for the colony's slaves in 1794.

• The Rise of the African Slave Trade

  • Great Britain's existing colonies in the Lesser Antilles and its effective naval control of the Mid-Atlantic forced other countries to abandon their enterprises due to inefficiency in cost.

• The Expansion of Europe

  • Columbus' second voyage landed in the Caribbean, on an island he named Dominica, and continued northward through the Lesser and Greater Antilles.

• In the South: The Haitian Revolution

  • The Haitian Revolution (1791–1804) began as a slave insurrection in French colony of Saint-Domingue and culminated in the abolition of slavery in the French Antilles and the founding of the Haitian republic.
  • Meanwhile, refocusing on Europe, Napoleon sold the Lousiana territory to the United States in 1803 and began to lose interest in his failing ventures to reestablish slavery in the Antilles.

• The Cuban War of Independence

  • ., the Antilles, and Latin America, "El Partido Revolucionario Cubano, or "The Cuban Revolutionary Party," was officially proclaimed on April 10, 1892, with the purpose of gaining independence for both Cuba and Puerto Rico.

• Slavery and Politics

  • The Haitian Revolution (1791–1804) began as a slave insurrection in the French colony of Saint-Domingue and culminated in the abolition of slavery in the French Antilles and the founding of the Haitian republic.

• Exploration and Conquest of the New World

  • Nicknamed the "Pearl of the Antilles," Saint-Domingue became the richest colony in the Caribbean at that time.

• The Battle of Leyte Gulf

  • The Battle of Leyte Gulf consisted of four separate major engagements between the opposing forces: the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, the Battle of Surigao Strait, the Battle of Cape Engaño, and the Battle of Samar; there were also other lesser actions.

• The Nuremberg Trials

  • The second set of trials of lesser war criminals was conducted under Control Council Law No. 10 at the U.S.
  • The creation of the IMT was followed by trials of lesser Nazi officials and the trials of Nazi doctors, who performed experiments on people in prison camps.

• Native Americans in the 1490's

  • This social stratification could be seen in the hierarchy of settlements, where one major center built upon several mounds has clear influence or control over a number of lesser communities, which may or may not possess a smaller number of mounds.