Zak Brooks Essays (708 words) - 2nd Millennium,

Zak Brooks Del Carey Essay Questions WorldCivII 12November2017 American Revolution Vs. French Revolution TheAmericanRevolution was thethirteen American colonies leading a revolt on GreatBritain. The revolt took place in 1765-1783 becoming the United States of America. The French Revolutionwas a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in Francethat lasted from 1789 -1799. The revolution was to overthrow the Monarchy. The French and American revolution had similarities and differences. The French Revolution and American Revolution were the instances of civilians rebelling against their government. They were both based offofunfairtaxationbythe Monarchy.The French peasants were not represented by the Parliament. It was mainly composed of middle andupper-classpeople. Now, the American colonists were not represented in England because of their lack of presence. Both wanted to set up a Republic, which provided liberty and justice to all classes of citizens.TheFrench rebelled against their government in a violent manner, as did the Americans. Both revolutions wereordinarycitizens who had taken up arms and turned on and started attacking their government. This is important because both revolutions were executed in this way. They both used weapons andartilleryto attack the opposition intosubmission. Both revolutions had differences as well. One majordifferencewas the fact that theAmericanrebels had the use of warships. This means thatunlikethe French the Americans had use of a Navy. Being able to have access to a navy means more weapons as well as ability to attack by sea as well as land. TheFrenchdid not have a Navy so they were limited toattacking by land.The American Revolution started out by not wanting bloodshed andviolence, whereasFrancestarted out with violence and bloodshed.The American Revolution was the first significant revolution of the century, and it was also the first to be successful. The main reason it was successful was that it did not start out being "rebellious" in nature, but rather conservative. In anotherwords, it was not a rebellion against the Government, but rather against having too much government controlling them.The French revolution was a true rebellion against the King and the government in general. The French were the ones on the offensive, fighting to gain new freedom starting with the Storming of the Bastille.TheAmericanswere also their own colony that was rebelling against their government. They also had more time to prepare seeing as Britain was across an ocean and could notact quickly. Because they had to travel acrossan ocean the Americans would be prepared for them whentheyFinally arrived in America. The revolutionary Moment of the American Revolution would probably be when it started to turn hostile. Prior to the British forces destroying supplies atLexingtonand concord in 1775 the Americans had two main protests. The burning of theGaspeein Rhode Island 1772and the Boston Tea Party in 1773, which destroyed aconsignmentof taxed tea. Following thisact,theBritishclosed theBostonHarbor. The conflict overthesupplies atLexingtonand concord eventually erupted into a global war between the American Patriots and the British Loyalists. Eachof the thirteen colonies built aProvincial Congressthat assumed power from the old colonial governments and suppressed Loyalism, and from there they built a Continental Armyunder the leadership of GeneralGeorge Washington. This eventually led to the American and French allies capturing the last British Forces inYorktowneffectively ending the war. The Turning point of the FrenchRevolution was that people began to want toself-governin Europe, already there was a republic in America. This made France feel that they would be able to overthrow the French Monarch to achieve their own freedom as well. The major turning point was the storming of thebasillebecause it was a point of no return for many because they hadcommittedan act of treason.king Louis sent soldiers to break up the National Assembly which was being held on his Tennis Court. This caused the people to retaliate and storm theBasillebecause they wanted a republic and theBasillerepresented the oppressive and wrong Monarchy. I believe that the American Revolution was more influential to the world because it was the first one to happen. It also led to theUnitedStates becoming a country on their own Which was big step for the western world. It also being the first to happen seemed to open up a door for the rest of the world including the French who followed shortly after.