Enlightenment Ideals: The American And French Revolution

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The American and French Revolution were both products of Enlightenment ideals. This is the idea of natural rights and equality, the upper class was not supportive of equality or natural rights. The leadership in both countries at the time of their revolution was repressive. This meant that they were making people do things that they didn’t want to do. Especially when it came to taxation, because the upper class wanted to keep getting more money from the taxation on the lower class. Both areas suffered to put power back into the hands of the people.

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