World history/WHME101/Political revolutions/French and American revolutions

Reading

Read the below article. As you do so, consider the following questions:

• What similarities are there between the French and American Revolutions?

• How did the French and American Revolutions differ?

Robert Guisepi (ed.), 'The American Revolution: Conclusion', World History International, 1999.

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