Similarities Between The French And American Revolutions

Lorenzo Johnson
Mr. Olavarri
Scholars World History, Period 7
28 October 2015
How are the French and American Revolutions so unique in world history?
There have been many different events that have made a different and made changes to create the world we live in today. But do people know how they have changed the world. How are they unique or relevant to today? The French and American revolutions had many causes to the forming of the revolutions to which led to major events and historical changes.
The French Revolution’s causes are what make this revolution unique to history. The French started in 1789 and didn’t end until 1799. This revolution began because of many dysfunctions within the country of france. The country’s social economy and

This revolution began around the time to which the British and French colonized in America. Around this time,” George III became king of Great Britain,” and had a very prosperous population in North America. In 1651 there was a trade law passed known as the Navigation Act which, “prevented colonists from selling their most valuable products to any country except Britain.” This plus the colonist having to, “pay high taxes on imported French and Dutch goods,” caused an uproar in the colonies for the Americans. A battle begins, with a war starting between the English and French. The fight started around 1754 and ended around 1763. The British took a victory, but at a cost. This lead to a new law known as the Stamp Act, which would help the British pay for the cost of the war. According to the Modern World History book,”...colonist had to pay a tax to have a stamp put on wills, deeds and newspapers…”(207). This act lead to another uproar within the colonies, which caused more war. The were many protest and fights against this new act and a battle between the American and British began. And so the American Revolution. During this revolution something used today was created, such as the Declaration of Independence in 1776. This revolution soon ended in 1781, to which the Americans defeated the

Both revolutions had some type of change within their laws and ideas for society and the economy. The enlightenment changed the ideas of many things during the times of both revolutions. Also, the French Revolution had ideas of ,” social contracts and freedom of speech’” caused by the enlightenment. You can see this as independence, which is what the American Revolution did achieve. According to the The French Revolution,”They merely transformed their hopes from an enlightened monarchy to the people or, the nation.” This means that changes were made in their society due to the enlightenment’s ideas on