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Similarities Between French And American Revolutions

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In summary, The French and American revolutions were similar in that each was influenced by the Enlightenment movement. They both wanted freedom from oppressive monarchs and suffered social and economic decline. Both countries wrote declarations and constitutions, and both won their respective wars. Each country established a democratic government. Even though there were similarities between the two revolutions there were also differences. The political scene in France was different than in the US. France had depleted its wealth fighting a previous war. More upper class people were involved in the war in France, since all people were against the King. In America, the wealthy sided with the British since they were enjoying benefits from

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