“A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past” (Fidel Castro). What fuels the beginning of a revolution? Why do revolutions often turn to war? Revolutions often start with a small group of discontent people, and can quickly turn to war when dealing with such important topics with which people have such strong opinions. The French Revolution began when the citizens of France stormed the french prison, the Bastille, and tore it to the ground on July 14th, 1789. The American Revolution began with the writing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Both Revolutions were meant to overthrow the government that was ruling over the people. Both the American Revolution and the French Revolution were fueled by the
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In both revolutions those in charge don’t see them as a threat, at first. However, in the American revolution, the King and Parliament eventually take the patriots seriously, and it turns into a full fledged war. Throughout the war, taxes are a big problem in the American Revolution, and they seem to never disappear. Bliven points out that the Americans celebrated the revocation of the stamp act even though they had not won the battle. The law was replaced by an even worse one, The Declaratory Act. It was an insult to injury, due to the fact that it was worded to give parliament more power than the previous law (Bliven 17). Another one of the most remembered events of the American Revolution, was the Boston Tea Party. It also struck up more conflict than anticipated. Bliven notes that King George and Parliament closed the port of Boston after the Boston Tea Party. In doing so, the King and Parliament were putting the majority of Bostonians out of work. The author indicates that the Americans were not scared off, but instead they banded together with the other colonies to show that Britain had no effect on them (Bliven 37-38). The Americans stood their own throughout the war, due to their outrage at the British Government: “King George and his Parliament had displayed their power in a frightening way, but the colonists didn’t seem to scare easily. They were angry rather than overawed” (Bliven 38). Back in France, people are being mistreated by the nobility everyday. When a member of the nobility kills a boy with his carriage, nothing is done, he just gives the father some money and is on his way. However, when a member of the nobility is killed, the authorities search over a year until the man, who is responsible for the death, is found and hanged: “the
In both revolutions those in charge don’t see them as a threat, at first. However, in the American revolution, the King and Parliament eventually take the patriots seriously, and it turns into a full fledged war. Throughout the war, taxes are a big problem in the American Revolution, and they seem to never disappear. Bliven points out that the Americans celebrated the revocation of the stamp act even though they had not won the battle. The law was replaced by an even worse one, The Declaratory Act. It was an insult to injury, due to the fact that it was worded to give parliament more power than the previous law (Bliven 17). Another one of the most remembered events of the American Revolution, was the Boston Tea Party. It also struck up more conflict than anticipated. Bliven notes that King George and Parliament closed the port of Boston after the Boston Tea Party. In doing so, the King and Parliament were putting the majority of Bostonians out of work. The author indicates that the Americans were not scared off, but instead they banded together with the other colonies to show that Britain had no effect on them (Bliven 37-38). The Americans stood their own throughout the war, due to their outrage at the British Government: “King George and his Parliament had displayed their power in a frightening way, but the colonists didn’t seem to scare easily. They were angry rather than overawed” (Bliven 38). Back in France, people are being mistreated by the nobility everyday. When a member of the nobility kills a boy with his carriage, nothing is done, he just gives the father some money and is on his way. However, when a member of the nobility is killed, the authorities search over a year until the man, who is responsible for the death, is found and hanged: “the