The American and French Revolution sparked some new ideas and gave way for change in two different countries and two different parts of the world. While it is true key events and reasons for the revolutions differentiate the two, both revolutions share a few full of things in common. Both revolutions started on the ideas of Enlightenment Thinkers, the demand for rights and equality, and proved that even the common man can make a change.
Spanning over 100 years Britain established 13 colonies in America. During this time Britain used mercantilism as a way to gain profits and control trade in the colonial states. Britain had established salutary neglect, which allowed colonists their independence and self-government, conversely, the French held no significant roles in their absolute monarchy. For 150 years the 13 colonial states of America enjoyed their independence from their mother country. The French and Indian war changed things, France and England went to war, fighting over territories in America. It was not until the year 1763, when the …show more content…
In France, an absolute monarchy, the third estate was heavily taxed, starvation was prevalent and they people wanted equality and liberty. In the same way American colonists were being taxed for every purchase of a British good. The French revolution ended in chaos and it was an opportune time for anyone to step in place and take charge of the country. Comparatively, the American Revolution ended on better footing. Not only did America separate itself from its mother country, but it was the first country to overthrow its mother country. Both Revolutions paved the way for other revolutions to occur later, in the nineteenth century. Such countries would be inspired by the Enlightenment Thinkers like America and France had been. These two revolutions inspired others to fight for their rights and establish much needed
Spanning over 100 years Britain established 13 colonies in America. During this time Britain used mercantilism as a way to gain profits and control trade in the colonial states. Britain had established salutary neglect, which allowed colonists their independence and self-government, conversely, the French held no significant roles in their absolute monarchy. For 150 years the 13 colonial states of America enjoyed their independence from their mother country. The French and Indian war changed things, France and England went to war, fighting over territories in America. It was not until the year 1763, when the …show more content…
In France, an absolute monarchy, the third estate was heavily taxed, starvation was prevalent and they people wanted equality and liberty. In the same way American colonists were being taxed for every purchase of a British good. The French revolution ended in chaos and it was an opportune time for anyone to step in place and take charge of the country. Comparatively, the American Revolution ended on better footing. Not only did America separate itself from its mother country, but it was the first country to overthrow its mother country. Both Revolutions paved the way for other revolutions to occur later, in the nineteenth century. Such countries would be inspired by the Enlightenment Thinkers like America and France had been. These two revolutions inspired others to fight for their rights and establish much needed