Constitutions: The American Revolution

The American Revolution was a huge expression of what Americans wanted to create with the help of the traditional ideas of the Britians. The idea of creating an American government that had three branches, Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches, was definitely inspired by the three branch British Government system at the time. The practice of governments creating their own constitutions in order to explain how they worked was also an idea passed down from English tradition, with the main difference being that the British constitution was a collection of laws created over centuries while American Constitutions were single written documents, but they were still constitutions that explained a government nonetheless. Probably the biggest …show more content…
A big reason why the theory that every person had rights was pretty surprising was because it was usually accepted that the wealthy white men that would live the high life while the less fortunate would just have to suck it up, this new idea of a more equal society was just shocking. Also, this idea of a democratic government that would give a voice for ordinary people to elect people for public office was also considered quite revolutionary at the time, before the American Revolution, very little people participate in politics and one of the biggest reasons of the small engagement was because very rich and powerful people would hold the political offices while the British king would choose a governor for a colony anyway. The ideas were very revolutionary, but they weren’t the most revolutionary in the …show more content…
The French revolution started from the poor being forced to pay heavy taxes while starving due to a shortage of food in France, it didn’t help that the royalties that were supposed to be taking care of France’s money used the money to have a huge orgy that included a whine swimming pool party. The French Revolution was way more revolutionary as it not only managed to overthrow the monarchy that was practically throwing the poor citizens under the bus, but also inspired the French to abolish slavery at a much faster rate than the American revolution and gave more rights for women in order to create a truly more equal society that they wanted for so long. But, at the end of the day, revolution is the act of of a country willing to change in order to create a more desirable society and succeeding at it, and both of these revolutions helped make America and France two of the most successful countries in the