The things I knew about the American and French Revolution or the so called “Revolutionary War”: The American Revolution was an upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which the thirteen colonies of North America joined together to break free from the British Empire; which, in turn, combining themselves to create the United States of America. While, the French revolution was a period of radical, social and political upheaval in France that had a lasting impact on French history and more broadly throughout the world. The similarity between the two revolutions is that they were formed by the same ideologies. Each revolt concerned itself with the personal freedom of the people as well as the proper representation of those citizens within the respective government. Both also began as a rebellion against a tyrannical government. They both inspired other nations to do the same and rebel against their monarchs for democratic societies.
To put it in a much simpler form, I think that the similarity between the two revolutions is that the public simply wants to rid themselves of their higher power. While they have similarities, I also think that they have a far larger difference. One and probably the biggest is that the French revolution attempted and failed to make around different regimes of government. Most of which failed to make any progress as a nation. The French revolution was also sprung by poverty, starvation, and some religious issues; which, probably is the reason why the French Revolution is a war that’s far more bloody and violent than the American Revolution. The American Revolution was sprung from taxation without any representation, and unjust laws. The Britain imposed a series of direct taxes which, Americans cannot overlook for.
Americans protested vehemently at the idea that the Parliament in London could levy taxes without any American representation. Therefore, made them rebel against their monarchs for democratic societies. One other thing that I learned/Knew about the French and American Revolution is that, while France truly underwent a revolution within its own borders, I think that the American colonies fought a war, not of revolution, but of secession. In France, the revolutionary forces sought to overthrow an oppressive internal government. In America, the colonists fought to secede, or withdraw, from a repressive government thousands of miles and a wide ocean distant. That’s the things I learned about the American and French Revolution.