While the French Revolution might be over, and the ISIS Revolution is “Just beginning”, they might have more in common than you might think. The French Revolution was started by normal citizens who needed a new government just to survive. The Islamic State Revolution was started because of religious beliefs and is seen as a massive terrorist group. Both the French Revolution and the Islamic State Revolution use similar tactics in combat and how they spread their cause, but they’re cause is quite different.
Both revolutions used intelligent ways of gaining members, and they are both successful tactics. During the French Revolution, the revolutionaries gained control of the press, which allowed them to spread their influence quickly and easily. The Islamic State Revolutionaries use brutal tactics to spread their name, and to convert
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The French Revolution was started when a famin raised the price of bread and taxes were raised beyond affordable, and nobody living luxury had any interest or concerns about it. ISIS was formed from Al-Qaeda, which was created by Osama bin Laden with the long-term goal of waging global jihad. The start of Al-Qaeda is said to have been started by the CIA, but many people believe those to be rumors.
Both the French Revolutionaries and the Islamic State Revolutionaries use violent tactics against their enemies. In the French Revolution they would kill their enemies on the battlefield, sentence them to the guillotine, and put enemy heads on pikes and march around. In the Islamic State revolution the revolutionaries do horrible things to their enemies such as torture, killing their enemies on the battlefield, and publicly killing them and posting it online. Both revolutions were violent against their enemies and would kill some enemies publicly to spread
...on, Enlightenment ideas permeated the politics, economics, and religion of the French Revolution and the American Revolution. While both show several similarities, they predominantly differ on most things. Politically, American conservatives respected the individual and property rights of a citizen, while French politics respected the individual rights, took property rights in some cases, and used terror to influence people. Economically, the American free market idea left the economy alone, while the French input socialist ideas such as price ceilings. Religiously, the America closely associated itself with religion in the revolution, while the French public mostly despised the church.
The American Revolution and French Revolution were two long lasting uprisings that had great value to those battling for their rights and want they wanted to change. Yet there are a few distinctions details set them apart in a small way. The Americans wanted a change in their government, but the French wanted a huge change in everything including their government, religion, social structure (whereas American’s social system stayed the same) and economy. Other than the few differences they had, they two Revolutions were much alike, basically twin revolutions.
The American and the French revolutions had many similarities and differences. One similarity being is that they both wanted to escape the rule of their King. Second, they both started by an uprising of people against unfair taxation by the monarchy. The French peasants were not represented by the Parliament. It was mainly composed of middle and upper class people. Now, the American colonists were not represented in England because of their lack of presence. Both wanted to set up a Republic, which provided liberty and justice to all classes of citizens. Just like France, the American colonists were composed up mainly middle and lower class citizens. The American Revolution started out by not wanting bloodshed and violence. France started out with violence and bloodshed. (American Revolution)
Another aspect to keep in mind when comparing the French and American revolutions is provocation. Provocation includes such things as land war, class war, tyranny, and grievances. The American Revolution had many altercations with social classes and land. One reason the revolution began was because the British created the Proclamation of 1763, which stated that Americans couldn't move east of the Appalachian Mountains. Land was abundant in America, but the British were tired of battles amongst themselves and the Native Americans.
French and Russian Revolutions Both the French and Russian revolutions occurred for two main reasons. Both of these revolutions were the direct result of bad leadership and a bad economy. These two reasons, along with other factors, caused both of these revolutions. Although they were both similar, they also had differences. A difference between the two is that the Russians had an unsuccessful "pre-revolution" in 1905.
The American and French Revolutions were both fundamentally based on the Enlightenment ideas. The main ideas that they followed were by John Locke. His ideas inspired the Americans and the French to have a revolution. In these revolutions, the Americans had success and the French failed. The success that the Americans experienced wad due to the protection of rights they had. These rights are 'Life, Liberty and Property.? In America a constitution was put together that provided for a stable government and also a representative government. In France failure was caused by chaos, terror, fear and war. The French were unsuccessful because they failed to create a democratic government. In the end they were left with a dictator.
The French and American Revolutions may be very different, but they also have their similarities. For instance, a similarity would be that they wanted both equality and freedom from their current government that was across the Atlantic. The people in the colonies of American wanted to escape the English, so they could have lower taxes. A lot of things happened leading up to the American Revolution the Stamp Act, the Boston Massacre, the Intolerable Act, and the Boston Tea Party are just some examples of the lead up to the American Revolution. While the French Colonists wanted to escape the French Monarchy that had ruling over them. Their goal was to start their own government that in their eyes would be better than the French Monarchy. Bastille
To conclude, the revolutions were very much similar in many ways, but they also had their differences. In the end, the American revolution was successful and ended with the creation of the Constitution. The French, however, weren’t as lucky. The revolution led to the leadership of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1799, which wasn’t a bad thing at first. However, his Russian campaign caused a coalition of many armies to take France and convert it back to it’s original monarchy. What a waste of
The French and Russian revolutions are very similar and examining them, we can learn about the patterns revolution usually follow. The nobility neglected their people, so the peasants rose up, and intellectuals came forward to form groups and lead commoners. Understanding these patterns can greatly help us recognizing problems in present day, so hopefully it never gets to the point where citizens need to overthrow their government to live with rights again.
The French and Russian revolutions were really very similar in their natures. Both began as a revolution led by the bourgeoisie against a despotic monarchy and degenerated into a bloody regime headed by representatives of the peasantry. Both revolutions murdered their respective monarchs well after they had ceased to be a threat to the Revolution. Both had egalitarian and communist elements to the peasant revolution and both killed thousands of innocent people. The French revolution resulted in a vacuum that allowed Napoleon Bonaparte to become a dictator and the Russian Revolution allowed Lenin to become
Of all the numerous revolutions we have seen throughout history, two that compare very well are the French Revolution and the Arab Spring Revolution. Although one occurred during the eighteenth century and another in a more modern day setting, they have many similarities. We can find those similarities within their governments, the fighting strategies, and how the citizens handles their unfair treatment.
Both the French and American revolution took place throughout 1750-1900, these two revolutions share a few similarities in how the revolution began. For one, in
The American and French Revolution are similar, but also different in many ways. The revolutions symbolized change during this time period. People are starting to believe that democracy and popular sovereignty can be achieved. The two revolutions showed the world that people can resist the king and establish their own way of governing. Although
The Industrial Revolution brought with it an increase in population and urbanization, as well as new social classes, but France stayed the same after the 18th century. Both revolutions occurred in the later eighteenth century and subverted an existing monarchial government as well as creating ripe conditions for constitutionalism and deep patriotism. They both changed many peoples lives and lead to better life for many. They both changed the world in many different ways for the better and helped the world become a better place. There are different causes from political to religious, economic to social. Any revolution affects those in society, and creates changes for the people in the society.
"Revolutions are the locomotives of history". (Marx, F). The American and the French Revolution were both a fight for independence. The American Revolution took place between 1765-1783. While the French Revolution started in 1787 and ended in 1799. One common factor that both of the revolutions shared was that an exceptionally large amount of people died. In the American Revolution a total of 217,000 died. While in the French Revolution 40,000 were executed. The French Revolution was inspired by and happened after the American Revolution. While the causes of the French and the American Revolutions were in many ways similar, the events and results followed very different paths.