World History: Modern Times

World History: Modern Times The American and French Revolution were two very different things, yet also very similar. We usually don’t think too much of it, we just think they were another war. Most people would ask, aren’t they different, how are they even similar? Come to think of it, they do have a lot in common, but also a lot of differences. The American Revolution was anti-religion, while the French was vice versa, yet they both started over taxes. The American Revolution started in 1775, in Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts. Dr. Jackson Spielvogel writes “After the fighting in Lexington and Concord, more than a year passed before the decision was made to declare independence from the British Empire.” (Spielvogel, 321.) He states