Haiti and the Bahamas share similar pasts when it comes to their local peoples, colonial origins, and roads to independence. However, when it comes to current positions of the countries, Haiti is a poorer nation and the Bahamas is one of the wealthiest countries in the West Indies. One major reason for this was the paths that these two countries took towards independence. Haiti fought against the French, following in the path of the French Revolution, for abolition of slavery and Independence as their own country. This was not an easy battle and it came at great cost for the Haitian people. However, over in the Bahamas, there were no conflicts fought for Independence. The Bahamas, for over 300 years, shared a peaceful relationship with Britain. This reason alone could have been enough to set the Bahamas on a more economically sustainable path, post Independence. When the Bahamas needed to find new revenue sources, seeing as they were part of the Commonwealth of Britain, they were able to receive funds to build hotels and resorts to bring in revenue from tourists. On the other hand, in Haiti after the revolution there was a push for people to go back to working on the sugar plantations, seeing as that was a beneficial revenue for the Haitian people. The problem here was that people didn’t want to keep working on the plantations seeing as when they were slaves that was their only choice. Overall both Haiti and the Bahamas are unique countries because of the geographic closeness but differing outcomes.