Time to Compare and Contrast American Revolution vs. French Revolution Source: “Washington Crossing the Delaware.” https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Emanuel_Leutze_%28American%2C_Schw%C3%A4bisch_Gm%C3%BCnd_1816%E2%80%931868_Washington%2C_D.C.%29_-_Washington_Crossing_the_Delaware_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg Source: “Storming of the Bastille.” https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Prise_de_la_Bastille.jpg Source: “Death of Robespierre” https://media1.britannica.com/eb-media/94/192994-004-A5C4124B.jpg How Were the American Revolution and the French Revolution SIMILAR and DIFFERENT?

SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE AMERICAN AND FRENCH REVOLUTIONS Enlightenment ideals: natural rights, liberty, equality, etc. Overthrew government that didn’t protect rights People upset because not represented in government   Caused by financial crisis (war debts) Similar “declarations” (“Independence” & “Rights of Man”) Citizens influenced by press/literature

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE AMERICAN AND FRENCH REVOLUTIONS AR- COLONIAL struggle for independence FR- CLASS struggle against oppression AR- LIGHT taxes FR- HEAVY taxes on 3rd Estate AR- Foreign nations SUPPORTED FR- Foreign nations OPPOSED AR- Lack of popular violence FR- EXTREME popular violence (riots, massacres, guillotine, etc). AR- Supported by many Protestant preachers FR- Opposed to the Catholic Church AR- Ended with a stable republic FR- Ended with a dictator (Napoleon)

YOUR CHOICE “Those who would give up essential Liberty, You are living in the late 1700s. Would you have rather lived through the American Revolution or the French Revolution? Why? FACT: The Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Paine were both heroes in the American Revolution, but almost lost their heads during the French Revolution. Treasure your American freedoms! They have been bought at a high price. “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” Benjamin Franklin