Round 11: Tossup 5

After this country backed France in the Franco-Prussian War, the German frigate Vineta demanded 3,000 pounds in an example of gunboat diplomacy termed the “Batsch affair.” As a stand-in for critiques of Louis-Napoleon, Cham (“shawm”) made many caricatures of a 19th-century leader of this country. This country’s national bank was run from Paris by the bank (-5[1])CIC, (-5[1])which had (10[1])extended this country two ruinous loans in the 1870s. (10[3]-5[1])In 1947, this country finished repaying (10[1])a so-called (10[1])“double debt” (10[3])that had been serviced using income from coffee taxes. In 1825, (10[1])14 warships were sent to this country (10[2])by Charles (10[1])X (10[1]-5[1])to demand a 150-million-franc (10[1])indemnity (10[1])in return for recognizing its independence. (-5[1])For 10 points, name this (10[1])country where, in 1804, France lost (10[1])a war of independence (10[1])following an insurrection by enslaved people. (10[1])■END■ (10[4])

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