The American and French Revolutions had many similarities. Both revolutions were focused on the countries gaining freedom and independence, mainly looking at the concepts of liberty and equality. America wanted to escape from the set of laws and rules that the British were putting on them, whereas the French simply wanted to abolish the monarchy in their own country. Both countries were suffering because they were in a terrible debt from the Seven Years War. Many taxes were put on each country to pay these debts off, leading to parallel rebellions. The main similarity in the French and American Revolution is that commoners were fighting for equality and freedom.
Both the American and French revolutions’ had similar causes. The American Revolution was mainly focused on gaining independence. After the British victory during the Seven Year War, America was tied down to British rules. America was forced to pay off the war, and to pay the high taxes that British Parliament assigned. The British enforced the Stamp Act on the Americans. The stamp tax imposed taxes on documents, newspapers and stamps. The Americans were angered because of the lack of representation from the British Parliament, Americans had to no way to speak their mind to the British, other than rebellion. Like the Americans the common people of France wanted to get rid of the French monarchy, the lower classes wanted to