Question

How did the French and American revolutions contribute to the development of democracy?

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Answer 1

Answer:

While the French Revolution was a complex conflict with numerous triggers and causes, the American Revolution set the stage for an effective uprising that the French had observed firsthand.

BY JULIE MARKS

American military commander General George Washington leading the Continental Army in the Battle of Princeton during the American Revolutionary War, 1777.

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When American colonists won independence from Great Britain in the Revolutionary War, the French, who participated in the war themselves, were both close allies and key participants. Several years after the revolt in America, French reformists faced political, social and economic hardships that mirrored the colonists’ struggles. While the French Revolution was a complex conflict with numerous triggers and causes, the American Revolution set the stage for an effective uprising that the French had observed firsthand.