Was the French Revolution similar to or significantly different from the American Revolution

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Was the French Revolution similar to or significantly different from the American Revolution The state or quality of being equal and freedom from despotic government or control brings two things to mind equality and liberty. The American Revolution which began in 1776 and the French Revolution over a decade later are two made for center stage. Where the two revolutions in comparison with each other? Yes, one was a success and the other let’s just know that violence does not always prevail. The American Revolutions was initiated due to the tension that existed between the thirteen American colonies, and Great Britain. There was a war debt that Great Britain had obtained while defending the American colonists after seven years of war along with helping out financially. As a solution to the debt, the British began passing legislation which raised taxes for the American colonies. The British believed or envisioned a single empire with Parliament as the supreme authority. Only Parliament could make laws for all the people, including the American colonists. Americans, not believing or envisioning in this had their own representative assemblies. No tax could be imposed without the consciences of an assembly whose members actually stand for the people. Problem after problem occurred for years. On July 4, 1776 the declaration of independence was approved written by Thomas Jefferson. Considered a stirring political document with the natural rights of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” and declaring the colonies to be free and independent, was totally out of the question for Britain. The war for independence had begun. With a helping hand from the French the Americans were able to defeat the British army of General Cornwallis. Also the Treaty of Paris was signed and granted the Americans not only their independence but western
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