1. North America 1789
Europe 1789
Why did the American Revolution succeed and the French Revolution fail? (PERMITS)

2. USA
French
Weaker local competitors
Native Americans
Great Britain
Austria- Habsburgs
Russia
Spain
Prussia – Germany
The Dutch

4. USA Past History France Past History Colonial Rivalries?
Tories – Left for GB
Classes are fluid
The Ancient Regime
1000 years Feudalism
Three distinct classes of people

5. France Governmental Disputes USA Political parties Political Parties
No previous history
More Moderate
Individuals are protected by constitution
Strong Federal Government
George Washington
“He will either become the King or he will become the greatest man in the world” George III
France
Political parties
Engrained distrust
Radical and violent
Constitutional law suspended because of counter revolutionaries
Louis XVI “ All I want is to be loved”

6. George Washington February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799

7. Economic USA France Paper Currency Huge Debt Stable Government Trade
No Navy
France
Gold Currency
Massive Debt
Weak King
Trade
Navy

8. Religion USA France Protestant Little violent history
Catholic and Protestant
Wars of Religion

9. France Enemies on every border
Military
USA
No enemies on the border
France Enemies on every border

10. Left Center Right

11. 18th Century Left Center Right
Republic Limited Monarchy Absolute Monarch
Radicals Classic Liberals Conservatives
18th Century

12. Socio-Economic Data, 1789

13. We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America
The Preamble

14. The USA Constitution