Revolutions both create and change history. We learn about both successful and failed revolutions all the time. However, there are also connections between revolutions. Perhaps similar reasons or conditions, or maybe the same monarch or ruler. This is the case with the French and Haitian Revolutions. These two revolutions share many similarities and differences. One main similarity they share is that in both cases, people with fewer privileges and rights were the ones who revolted. However, one main difference is that in Haiti, enslaved people revolted and gained freedom, while in France peasants, merchants, and tradesmen revolted, but none of them were enslaved.
In both revolutions, the people who revolted and gained freedom had fewer rights and were
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They were the only ones who were allowed to be military officers or high positions in the Church. They also did not need to pay taxes. Lastly, in the third estate, the commoners. Most citizens were actually “Commoners belonging to the third estate.” Some of them, such as the merchants were actually wealthy. However, the third estate also included the middle class (bourgeoisie), city workers, and peasants. Members of the third estate had the least amount of rights out of everyone. This is mainly why they decided to revolt. As peasants had the least rights, they were a big part of the revolution. Along with the other revolting French citizens, “The peasants were launching their own revolution against the old regime.” Of course, both the revolts of the peasants and the rest of the commoners succeeded, and the monarchy was overthrown. The feudal system, which was something the peasants were specifically fighting against, was abolished. This all shows that in the French Revolution, many oppressed people who had fewer rights revolted and gained equal rights. In Haiti, at the time a French colony, there were many enslaved people. Obviously, as they