MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE

Marquis de Lafayette

Marquis de Lafayette

Introduction

The French Revolution was plotted by the person who helped the Americans in their own, Marquis de Lafayette, therefore both revolutions have many things in common. Nevertheless they were different countries, which means that they had different cultures and were different in every aspect. The Americans planned their revolution for many years and executed it with the help of the French (economically and military). Once the revolution was over, they were a republic and signed the treaty in Paris. When the French return to France they realize that they don't have the freedom America does and they helped them fight for. So, the French started planning their own revolution.

The American Revolution was about the independence of a country. The people who planned it were the wealthy people among the Americans. They were the Capitalist Middle-Class. The high-class were the British and the lower classes the slaves and workers. The capitalist wanted a different government. They wanted a democracy. The capitalists are the founders of the United States. They believed in working hard to make money and do what they wanted with it. On the other hand the French revolution was about human rights. In the French Revolution the bourgeoisie had almost the same circumstances. They would work really hard and save money. Along the years they had almost more money than the nobility. The more money they had the more taxes would be raised. The bourgeoisie realized that they had no rights, they were more in quantity, they had more money than the higher classes and they just helped the Americans get their freedom from another country when they didn't had freedom in their own country. Then they started planning their revolution. The bourgeoisie were not the founders of the country, but were the ones who executed the revolution. The capitalists lead the revolution but didn't fight in it and the created a new government.

Background

Both countries fought a war in their own land. The Americans had the British established in their country as well as the troops that came from across the ocean. The fact that British had to cross an ocean gave the Americans some advantage in war, giving them time and warning. Advantage that the French didn't have because they were fighting their own government. Their war was local. Also, America didn't have any near neighbors, therefore they didn't have the threat of being attacked by other countries trying invade them taking advantage of their weakness after war. France had this problem when many countries attacked them while they were in war.

Another advantage that America had was that they were fighting against the international enemy of the time. Many countries were against Britain, especially the French. America received a lot of help from other countries. The French not only send troops to fight, but paid for almost the whole revolution. France had no money when the revolution started and the Americans didn't paid them back because they were building ...