What are the similiarties of the French Revolution and American Revolution?

Answer 1

They were both revolutions against a monarchial government at about the same time in history. Both were inspired, in part, by the ideas of French philosophical writers. The success of the American Revolution and its new form of government may have lead to the French Revolution. (see the related question for more.)

Answer 2

The French and America both fought the British.

The Americans were united against Great Britain, fighting for independence, which made it more of a Civil War. The French Revolution was also a bit of a civil war, with the peasants fighting against the aristocracy and the church. The Americans had a clear vision of setting up a representative type of government, while the French moved more into a state of anarchy and indiscriminate violence. Some of the French who had helped America in her revolution were inspired by the American revolution to pursue revolution in France.

One similarity was that a factor in starting both revolutions were unfair, high taxes.

Answer 3

The french were inspired by the Americans who began overthrowning theis mother country

The French Revolution is different to the American Revolution in that the American's were overthrowing a colonising nation seen as oppressive, while in France the revolution's target was the monarchy, the ancien regime, specifically King Louis XVI.

Answer 4

There was no English revolution. The monarchy still rules England. There were several important events in England/Britain that changed the relationship between the legislature and the monarchy, such as the signing of the Magna Carta and the English Civil War.

The event that you may be referring to is the invasion of England by William of Orange, who deposed King James II of the house of Stuart, known as the War of English Succession.

The instigation for the invasion by William III was the Catholicism of James II. There had been tensions in England between Catholic and Protestant forces for some time, which had obviously resulted in the execution of Charles I. The successor of James II was to be his Daughter, Mary, who was a protestant and married to William. When James II had a son, who he intended to raise as a Catholic, the prospect of a Catholic dynasty in Britain triggered the invasion and deposition of James.

There is little comparison between this event and the fight for independence of the British colonies of America. The reason for this was primarily economic, as the colonists became disgruntled with the taxation levied on them to pay for the defence of the colonies by Britain, who was already burdened with the French and Indian war.

Some historians may argue that religious freedom was one of the reasons that the colonies fought for independence from the British parliament, but this is somewhat spurious and in any case does not relate for the fight for religious dominance that caused the War of English Succession.

Answer 5

The fact that we both were ruled by a monarchy. Another reason is that we both had people who remained loyal to the country while others revolted.