Blog #7

I found the American and French revolutions very interesting. The American Revolution was a very calm revolution compared to the French Revolution. In my opinion the reason for this was that the American Revolution did not take place on the homeland as the French Revolution did. People in Britain wanted to keep the colonies but not everybody cared because it was not happening right in front of them. This brings to mind the phrase "out of sight, out of mind." I believe that if the revolution would have happened in Britain or near it, then the revolution might have been as bloody as the French Revolution. Also the American Revolution seemed very gradual. The American Colonists had already been on their own for a while when all of a sudden Britain decided that they wanted to retake control over the colonists. The colonists did not like this and fought back. After they had one they already had an idea of how they wanted to govern themselves and what they were going to do about it.
The French and their revolution was much more different. One big difference was that it occurred in France, which meant that everyone was involved. It didn't matter if they wanted to be or not. Another is that all the classes were fighting with each other. The poor wanted to gain wages they were losing, the middle class wanted the respect they deserved, and the upper class wanted to retain their power. Everybody was able to voice their opinion in the revolution which led to a short abolition to slavery and gave women more rights than they ever had before. Both of these were short lived but the fact that they were even considered was huge. I believe the French revolution was more ugly because everybody was fighting to make sure they had their voice heard. Also the revolution was not gradual but more like a bomb that was just dropped.