Haiti is an example of being politically free without being spiritually free. Our Great Awakenings gave us, among other things, a greater belief in God than in government. Our country's founding fathers weren't perfect, but they moved the needle in the right direction for liberty and honor. Not so with country's like Haiti and Mexico that were started about the same time as the U.S. but without a real great awakening changing the people (along with the people's expectations from their leaders).
They were betrayed and destroyed by the French. Then the really nasty Haitian and anti-Christian leaders took over and created what came after.