Were The French And American Revolutions “Partners In Liberty”?

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Term Paper Title	Were The French And American Revolutions “Partners In Liberty”?
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Were the French and American Revolutions “Partners In Liberty”?

     The French and Americans fought for the same liberties in their respective revolutions, but the French became too radical in their efforts and abandoned the ideals that the Americans had so greatly valued. The American Revolution brought forth a relatively free economy and limited government, while the French Revolution brought forth first anarchy and then dictatorship. Certainly the French Revolution tried to emulate the revolution in America, but the French seemed to abandon the ideals that they adopted from America.  Instead of creating a liberated nation, they developed a more tyrannical government than that had existed before.  Though the French had the same intentions as the Americans, their revolution became a radical, bloody assault on the liberties that they had attempted to protect.
     The French and American Revolutions both began the same.  The people of both nations were revolting against their oppressive rulers (King Louis XVI in France, King George III of England and the English Parliament) who imposed harsh and unreasonable laws and taxes.  The Americans and the French both wanted to liberate their governments, to create a “free society”.  A society with high emphasis on human rights and a decrease in the powers of the state while increasing power to the people . In the American Revolution this idea served as the keystone for the revolution. This idea of free society was prevalent during the early stages of the French Revolution, but the idea was soon abandoned and French revolutionaries became destructive of the very rights that the revolution was started to protect.
     In America efforts were clearly made to protect a free society.  In 1776 the Declaration of Independence clearly listed the natural, God-given, rights of man.  In years to follow the Americans created documents like the Constitution and Bill of Rights to further protect the liberties listed in the Declaration.
     In France, the National Assembly had created the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, a good document, bearing great similarity to America’s DOI, declaring the natural rights of man (to have property, live and speak freely). The French had taken a great step forward in establishing individual rights. Unfortunately just a month after its adoption in 1789, the French seized all lands from the Church .  Such a confiscation is a clear violation of property rights – which in tern violates indiv...

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