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FrenchandAmericanRevolution

APWorldHistory
Mr.Omowale
EliteScholarsAcademy
TinaDang,4292016


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InthisprojectIwillberesearchingabouttheFrenchandAmericanRevolution.Iam
goingtobefocusingonhowthefrenchandAmericanRevolutionstartedandhowitended,how
itaffectedthepushforIndependenceforothercolonizedareas,howteaandcoffeeinfluenced
therevolutions,andtherolesofGeorgeWashingtonintheAmericanandMarquisDeLafayette
intheFrenchRevolution.
TheAmericanRevolutionstartedinApril9,1775andendedonSeptember3,1783.
ThewarwasalsoknownastheAmericanWarofIndependence.Theyfoughtfortheirfreedom
betweenGreatBritainandtheBritishcolonistinAmerica.Themajoreventsthathappenedinthe
AmericanRevolutionistheBostonTeaParty,theStampAct,theBostonMassacre,thePassage
oftheIntolerableActs,TownshendTariffs,andofcoursetheadoptionoftheDeclarationof
Independence.Oneofthemainreasonswhytherevolutionstartedwasbecausebackin1754the
FrenchandIndianWartookplaceandafterthatKingGeorgeIIIalargeamountofmoney
becauseheusedthemoneytobuysuppliesandweaponsforhisarmies.Sosincehewastedmost
ofthemoneybuyingthesupplieshedecidedtoplacetaxesonthecoloniessohecouldpayoff
hisdebt.Also,GeorgeWashingtonplayedanimportantroleduringtherevolution.
TheBostonTeaPartytookplaceonDecember16,1773.TheBostonTeaPartywasa
politicalprotestontheSonsofLiberty.
TheBostonTeaPartyhappenedon3shipsandthe
BostonTeaPartytookplacebecausethecolonistsdidnotwanttohavetopaytaxesonthe
BritishTea.1

"TheBostonTeaParty."
TheBostonTeaParty
.N.p.,n.d.Web.11Apr.2016.


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WhoplayedanimportantroleintheAmericanRevolution?DuringtheAmerican
RevolutionGeorgeWashingtonplayedanimportantrole.
In1775to1783GeorgeWashington
wasthecommanderinchiefoftheContinentalArmyduringtheAmericanRevolutionheserved
twotermsasthefirstU.S.presidentfrom1789to1797.2
Duringthetimeoftherevolution,
GeorgeWashingtonwasanationalherobecauseheledthecolonialforcestovictory.
Washingtonwasalsoelectedforpresidentin1787andin1789hewasAmericasfirstpresident.
DuringthattimeWashingtonalsowrotetheU.S.Constitution.
In1773,342chestsofteawasthrownoverboardbySamuelAdamsandtheSonsof
Liberty.3
TheteaimpactedtheAmericanRevolutionbecausethecitizensdidntwanttaxeson
thetea,andtheygotontheshipfilledwiththeteaanddecidedtodumpitoutsidetheBoston
Harbor.ThiswascalledtheBostonTeaParty.TheteacamefromChinaandtheBostonHarbor
wasshutdownuntilthesmelloftheteawasgoneanduntiltheyfinishedpayingforallthetea

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GeorgeWashington."
History.com
.A&ETelevisionNetworks,2009.Web.08Mar.2016.
"
BostonTeaParty."
History.com
.A&ETelevisionNetworks,n.d.Web.09Feb.2016.


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thatwaswastedintotheBostonHarbor.In1774,therewasasecondBostonTeaParty.
About
116mengotontheshipanddumpedmoreteaintotheBostonHarbor,buttheseconddidntget
asmuchattentionlikethefirstonedidbecauseitwasntabigdeallikethefirstone.4
TheFrenchRevolutionstartedin1789to1799.TheFrenchRevolutionwasalsolikethe
AmericanRevolutionbecausebothofthemfoughtforrights.Aboutmorethanhalfofthepeople
inEuropewerestrugglinginlifeandonlyafewofthemlivedaperfectlife.Therewerealsothe
threeestates.ThemajoreventsthathappenedintheFrenchRevolutionwastheEnlightenment
Movement,DeclarationoftheRightsofMan
sandoftheCitizens,andtheRiseofNapoleon.

BeforetheFrenchRevolution,thefrenchsocietywasdividedintoestates.5Therewere
threeestatesintheFrenchRevolution.ThefirstestateconsistedclergyoftheCatholicChurch
likepriestownedmostofthelandandwasthelargestlandowner.Theyusuallydonthaveto
workalotorpaytaxes.
TheCatholicChurchonlyrepresented1%ofthepopulationand15%of
theland.6
Thesecondestateconsistedthenobility.Theyalsodidntpaytaxes,theonlytimethey

"BostonTeaPartyFacts|BostonHistory."
BostonTeaPartyFacts|BostonHistory
.N.p.,n.d.

Web.09Mar.2016.
5

"TheSecondEstate."
FrenchRevolution
.N.p.,19Nov.2012.Web.12Apr.2016.
6

"TheFrenchRevolutionandtheCatholicChurch."
HistoryToday
.N.p.,n.d.Web.20Mar.2016.


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wouldpaytaxesisduringthewartime.Otherwisetheywerenotforcedtopaytaxes.They
represented2%ofthepopulationand25%oftheland.Finally,thelastestatealsothethirdestate
thepeoplewhowerentinthefirstorsecondestatemeaningthepoors,farmers,andetc.They
technicallytheydoalltheworklikepaythetaxeswhentheothertwoestatesdont.Thethird
estateowned97%ofthepopulationand65%oftheland.
CoffeealsoinfluencedintheFrenchRevolutionbecausecoffeewasahugeimpact.It
wasabigimpactbecausecoffeewasusedtostayawakeandactive.Coffeealsohelpedthe
soldiersstayawakeduringfightsandwars.Citizenswouldgettogetherandcometothe
coffeehouseanddiscussissues.Duringtheenlightenmentperiod,coffeewasthedrinkofchoice
fortheintellectualminds.
MarquisDeLafayetteplayedanimportantroleintheFrenchRevolution.Hejoinedthe
RoyalArmyasalieutenantintheKimpMusketeers.Hesignedanagreementin1776withSilas
DeantoserveasaMajorGeneralintheContinentalArmy.

Lafayettewasamilitaryofficerwho
foughtfortheUnitedStatesintheAmericanRevolution.
Overall,theprojectwasbasedontheFrenchandAmericanRevolution.Themaincauses
fortheFrenchRevolutionwastheworseningfinancialconditionofthegovernment,economic
depression,andEnlightenmentMovement.
ThemaineventsthathappenedintheAmerican
RevolutionistheBostonTeaParty,theStampAct,theBostonMassacre,thePassageofthe
IntolerableActs,TownshendTariffs,andofcoursetheadoptionoftheDeclarationof
Independence.LafayettefoughtfortheUnitedStatesandWashingtonledthecolonialforcesto
victory.


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Bibliography

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History.com
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2016.

"BostonTeaPartyFacts|BostonHistory."
BostonTeaPartyFacts|BostonHistory
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N.p.,n.d.Web.09Mar.2016.
"TheFrenchRevolutionandtheCatholicChurch."
HistoryToday
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Mar.2016.
"TheBostonTeaParty."
TheBostonTeaParty
.N.p.,n.d.Web.11Apr.2016.
"TheSecondEstate."
FrenchRevolution
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