Trends Uniting the French, Mexican and American Revolution

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For as long as human history has been around, there has been several revolutions to take place throughout the world. Three of which are found to be more relevant than others. They include; the American, French and Mexican revolutions. The three of these revolutions have many things in common. All revolutions are either considered failures or successes, influential or non-influential and worth the time and money of the people involved, or not so worth it. The interesting thing about all of these revolutions is that they all continue to impact our way of living in this day in age. We would not have written documents like our Bill of rights and the Declaration of Independence to allow us freedom and free agency.
France, the Americas and Mexico were all in desperate need of attaining equality throughout their countries. In France, the revolution was so crucial in order to disperse the unequal wealth distribution, the lack of freedom in a political standpoint, and the divisions of classes. (Dubois 01). Before the French Revolution, taking place during the Ancien’ Regime, society was divided among three estates. The three estates being: the clergy, the nobles and the peasants/bourgeoisie. The only way to solve these issues were through revolution. This was a revolution that would later go down in history in order to gain equality. The French Revolution is what most consider the end of the 18th century and the welcome of the 19th century. (Western Civilization II Guide). With all of this information in mind, the goal of both the French, American and Mexican revolutions were independence. Although America’s original goal was not fought for the thought of independence, independence was one of the many outcomes/results of the colonists v...

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...s of the three revolutions. With an outcome of similar result and a new republic, the revolutions play a huge part of influence within each other.

Works Cited

Dubois, Laurent. "Two Revolutions in the Atlantic World: Connections between the American Revolution and the Haitian Revolution." The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. N.p., 2009. Web. 14 Mar. 2014.
"Similarities Between the American and French Revolutions." : Western Civilization II Guides. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Mar. 2014.

"American and France." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 12 Mar. 2014.

Minster, Christopher. "The Mexican Revolution." About.com Latin American History. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Mar. 2014.
"French Revolution." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 12 Mar. 2014.
Goyau, Georges. "French Revolution." The Catholic Encyclopedia.Vol. 13. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 14 Mar. 2014

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