The American and French revolutions were very similar. Although they happen years and miles from each other they had similar ideas and characteristics. People in France and the Americas fought for only one specific reason liberty. France revolution was for liberty in their government and American Revolution was for liberty in their territory and to liberty from Great Britain. In the Americas the main cause that initiated the revolution was the high taxes, because British did not allow Americans to trade with other countries and injustice to the American people. The American Revolution started by the Boston tea party. Where American people threw the British through the ship because of the high taxes of tea and other products. The French revolution was similar but not exactly the same reasons. In the French revolution high taxes on the third estate made the peasants and workers angry. Another reason that made the French angry was that France was going to a hard time in economy and blamed it on the king. People were starving and poor. These were the mayor causes of the French and American Revolution. Enlightenment ideas were another factor for the revolution of France and the American Revolution. Enlightenment ideas are based on …show more content…
People needed to do something about it because if not the unfairness and injustice would continued. People did right by fighting and making in a revolution because people in a higher social class or kings mainly think about themselves and not the other people, these kinds of people are blinded by power and the only way to change the way you live is fighting for your