american and french revolution

Compare and Contrast the American and French Revolutions. Many revolutions begin with the outbreak of violence, which is often a response to heightened repression or other extraordinary demands from government against their people. The American Revolution is an obvious example of this. The violence took the form of the Revolutionary War and Congress became the leadership. American Revolution was the first anti-colonial, democratic revolution in history. Americans insisted on representation and when the British denied …

…revolution. And the government that ensued in the late 1700s was very different from its Royal English predecessor. France as well experienced a sudden change of government, however, that change was short lived. In contrast to the great revolutions that have marked the twentieth century, one of which includes the French Revolution, the American Revolution succeeded in accomplishing what it set out to do - to give men more liberty than they had previously possessed.