Did we cause the French Revolution?

          For the last two years we have practiced our own form of isolationism and have learned about the history of the United States. It makes sense because, well… we live here. Anyway once we landed on Plymouth Rock and established the colonies you might remember a little war called the revolution. So we were wrapped up in internal affairs that we neglected to see the impact we had around the world. The colonies became a source of inspiration for other nations, one being France. Looking closer it’s possible that our Revolutionary War caused the French Revolution…

Now, we haven’t fully covered the French Revolution yet, so this is just the tip of the iceberg. From my understanding, the French Revolution was sort of a mash-up of revolutions. It began with the aristocracy wanting to get rid of the king, then came a bunch of other government systems, then Napoleon. So France went in circles to wind up with basically the same government and a ton of blood on their hands.

 

 

            Anyway, we learned that the members of the French aristocracy were truly the ones who prompted this revolution. France was pretty much bankrupt at this time for a few reasons. They financed a HUGE chunk of the American Revolution and building palaces such as Versailles is not exactly budget friendly. Tensions were high in the upper-class. The nobles thought that they could run the country better than the King and the King obviously did not reciprocate those feelings.

 

 

So all in all, rising tensions and the lack of money caused the French Revolution. Did America contribute to these problems? Yes. Did America cause the French Revolution? No.