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Compare And Contrast French And American Revolutions

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During the times of Political Enlightenment, it was known as an examination over humane society, politics, and power. People questioned the relationship between the state individuals, who were assumed to be born with rights that sat above others. Enlightenment thinkers also began to question whether it was science or religion, and questioned the idea that God had given the monarchy their powers. Not only did the American Revolution give life to the Americas, it also gave a new opportunity for a political democracy system. The American and French revolutions are one the most known revolutions in history. Both of these revolutions were based on taxes and lack of representation.
The Stamp Act was another taxation law on the colonists. This act taxed newspapers, calendars, legal documents, pamphlets, dice, and playing …show more content…

During acts such as the Stamp act, American colonists responded to Parliament's acts with organized protest. The colonists did not like having the British soldiers in their city and homes. The Boston Massacre was a conflict between the British soldiers and colonists that occurred in 1770. A group of soldiers opened fire on an unfriendly crowd of colonists when they started throwing things at the soldiers. As for the Boston Tea Party, the Tea Act that taxed the colonist’s tea, the colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians and dumped a ship load of tea into the ocean. The Americans thought that Britain was taxing them unfairly to pay for expresses during the French and Indian war. During the French Revolution, taxes were being forced onto the third estate due to social inequality. France held something called an estate system. The first estate was represented by Roman Catholic Clergy, the Second Estate was the French nobility, and the Third Estate consisted of peasants, laborers,and merchants. The Third Estate was excluded from positions of honor and political power and was looked down upon by the other

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