When the United States desired France help, France stepped forward and helped the 13 colonies win their revolutionary war facing Britain. Without France, America would have never won, Britain had the strongest army and was most powerful. In 1789 France citizens started to rebel against King Louis XVI, the social status changed into a new political state that is known as the Estate System. Abbé Sieyes, lead to the revolution by saying that the first and second estate contribute nothing to the society and they are therefore not necessary for the third estate. On June 13 the third estate declares itself the national assembly; the king couldn't have stopped them because he doesn't have an Army, no way to pay for one and the majority of the…
The two documents “Thomas Jefferson on the French Revolution,” and “A Positive American View,” are both written by American public figures, who are both in support of the revolutionary cause in France. In these documents they both express their views on the progress and steps taken by the people of France in general during this time. They raise interest in the reign of terror and what the monarch’s role should be in the future France.…
Voltaire stated that “the French think that the government of this island is stormier than the seas that surround it.” Voltaire admitted that England’s government wasn’t perfect, but they fought for things that mattered like freedom. He also said “the civil wars in France have been longer, more cruel, productive of greater crimes than those of England…”…
Once a king named George ruled Britain and had done awful things. George was crowned the king in 1751 and was the king there for about 60 years. He's done a lot to the colonist for wars he was in. He imposed many taxes such as Sugar act, Stamp act, and the Townshend act. George was in a war known as the revolutionary war and played an unknown role in that war. George had lost the war and it came to an end by the Treaty of Paris. King George iii was a vital role in the American Revolution.…
Secondly, the American Enlightenment greatly inspired the people of France. Numerous French citizens, including many nobles, were deeply inspired by the Enlightenment and were impressed by the Americans' approach to human society, rationalism, science, and progress. France's assistance proved to be a turning point in the American Revolution, and without it, the outcome of the war could have been severely different. The choices and considerations that France went through were crucial in the history of the American…
In 1787, the framework of the French Revolution was established through delegates assembling in Philadelphia during the American Revolution, which marked the end of the economic depression in America and increased central government authority. This made the American power increase from Montesquieu’s ideas of checks and balances and interest around the world. The American Revolution influenced the French through the numerous pamphlets and articles written about classical liberalism that Americans were undergoing, whereas the French took these ideas of a republic and this sparked the French Revolution. The ideas of these French participants went from requests of removing government neglect, which later led to demands of liberty for the people in the country, and then turned the people towards radical efforts of protecting the French Revolution.…
General Rochambeau was sent along with 5,500 men to Rhode Island. If it were not for French intervention, the British would have continued to slaughter and capture the American forces, until there was no rebellion left. Without the French, Washington’s strategy would not have…
The king was also a tyrant. First, he let all of the above happen, and other things too, like the Proclamation of 1763. He declared the colonies ‘out of his protection’ and then proceeded to start the Revolutionary War. If he never sent people out to colonize America, this probably still would’ve happened, but people would overthrow him to create a new government.…
The British are coming! The British are coming!" This infamous quote is by Paul Revere, a messenger of the Boston Committee of Correspondence. He managed to deliver the message to the townspeople as well as Sam Adams and John Hancock that the British were coming to confiscate their weapons. This warning soon turned into a historical event that put the Revolution into full swing.…
The condition of France alone did not bring about the overthrow of the monarchy… for the…
The main loyalists came from what is now known to be Canada in 1783 and 1784. Most of coastal Nova Scotia received Loyalist settlers, as did Cape Breton and Prince Edward Island then called St. John's Island. The loyalists like me had to decide to support the American Revolution. Colonists for independence from England were named or called revolutionaries or whigs. But some Americans thought that to break away from the British government would not be right, they usually were called loyalists or tories.…
Americans owe the French a debt of gratitude because without them, they would either; still be fighting the British for their freedom, or lose their freedom altogether. Americans have gained their independence but changes occur after the war. American society changed politically, socially, and economically during and after the Revolutionary War. Because majority of the men were at war, the women had to step up and take charge or how society was ran, or the American economy would be ruined.…
Interestingly, the view that American fought so hard for their independence for the purpose of democracy is not the only view of the revolutionary war. As a matter of fact, there are about eight views of the revolution at current. However, these views boil down into two main categories: proponents of ideas, and proponents of interest. The first one deals with political ideals emphasizing ideological and psychological factors and focusing on the power of ideas to foment revolution. Those who listened to political theorists were suspicious of an attempt to have a tighter foothold on the colonies.…
Why was there an American Revolution? There are different ways of interpretation. Generally, it was agreed that the revolution originated in France and Britain about the war, ended in 1789 George Washington was elected the first President of the United States. One of the points on the two views of the American Revolution, the American Revolution in fact can not be regarded as revolutionary, because it does not dramatically change the entire colonial society, but simply replaced a distant government, a local government only.…
The American Revolution embarked the beginning of the United States of America. A war that lasted eight years, 1775-1783, was able to grant the thirteen colonies the independence they deserved by breaking free of British rule. The war was an effect of the previous French and Indian War, which forced England to tax the American colonist, compelling them to rebel against parliament. From the 1760’s to 1775, many factors lead up to the American Revolution such as the various acts the British Parliament passed to pay the war debt, no representation in parliament, and the American people wanting to gain their independence. “No Taxation without Representation”, a slogan used by the American colonist, was the most important cause of the colonists declaring war for their independence on the British government.…