Similarities Between American And French Revolution

An overthrow of the government seemed to be a thing of the late seventeen and early eighteen hundreds as quite a few revolutions took place. In particular, the American, French and then shortly thereafter following the Haitian revolution all took place during this time span. Each group initially achieved their goals, however, each victory achieved came through many different grades of success. Each revolution shares an adequate amount of similarities, however, differences are pronounced and seen throughout each revolt as well. To begin, The American, French, and Haitian revolts were all nourished from philosophical ideas of the enlightenment. For instance, John Locke, an English philosopher introduced the idea of “natural rights”. Natural

When speaking of The French Revolution, Rousseau another thinker of the Enlightenment implemented the theory of the social contract. The Social contract created during the enlightenment period influenced the French Revolt in a major way. The social contract developed the idea that power of government should remain in the hands of the natives. Rousseau ideas provided the foundation for the stable governments in which the revolution would soon create. His philosophy stressed social equality and freedoms which eventually led to the overthrow of the monarchy of the French government at the time. The Social contract, heavily influenced the ideas of the French and their revolt just as Locke’s ideas did for the American Revolution. The Enlightenment not only influenced the American and French revolt but it also influenced that of the Haitian community. Throughout the enlightenment period the idea of equality of man and a constitutional government were pivotal in terms of the rebellions. The Enlightenment, ultimately influenced the slave rebellion in the Haitian community which in fact was