American Revolution Vs French Revolution

The French and The American revolution had many things in common… For example, they were both not content with their government. The difference was that they had a different reason to rebel. The French Revolution, began after the Ancien Regime. The Ancien Regime was a time where France was divided into three estates; The first stage, which included the church. The second stage, the nobles, and finally, the third stage, included the commoners. These estates were unfair because even though the people in the third estate had less money, they were obligated to give half of their income to the government, which was superior to everything. It was a “fight” between the poor, the rich and the powerful. King Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette …show more content…
Thousands of people were beheaded violently for many reasons; one was; being opposing to the ideas the majority of the people were currently accepting. Another one, was; referring to someone as ‘madame’ or ‘monsieur’ when they were supposed to be addressed as ‘citizen.’ So no one actually could say their thoughts and opinions, nor make a mistake… The Americans, very different… They were already successful or had victory, in difference… The French, were really far away from success and independence. In America, their dark or their bad times were gone… Citizens were free and independent, as well as, they liberated themselves from the rule of Great Britain, therefore became independent... The French revolution, different from The American Revolution, they turned out not to success as they wished they could have... Robespierre, their once leader, got beheaded. Napoleon Bonaparte, a new emperor, had took over. He declared himself as the emperor of France and the revolution, was finally over. Different from France, In America, the colonists were being introduced to the ideas of the enlightenment thinkers. Thiat, caused them to have a more open mid …show more content…
But also, something that they both had a like, was that even though the rulers were probably very different from each other, the whole country was being ruled by just one person. The American Revolution, different from The French Revolution, the Americans were really successful and victorious because they won their independence from the British government and they even created their own country with their own leader and with a goal to look forward