Throughout the history of mankind, many revolutions were led by people in several parts of the world in an endeavor to change their society. Two such revolutions are the French Revolution and the German Revolution. where people strived to change their society politically, socially, economically. The French Revolution is a period in the History of France, covering the years 1789 to 1799, in which the empire was overthrown by the third estate and extreme restructuring was forced upon the Roman Catholic Church. The German Revolution (1848-1871) was a revolution where people fought against powerful nations like the Austria-Hungry Empire and France to centralize the nation of Germany. Both of these revolutions, the German and the French revolution shared many resemblances such as the fact that they both promote the right of the people. But distinguished by the fact that the effects of the revolutions were different.
These two revolutions, the German revolutions, and the French revolution took place at different times, had a great effect on the life of the people living there both politically, socially, and economically. Both the German and the French Revolution were fought by the people against powerful nations to increase the rights of the people. When the french revolution started, the first main priority of the French people was religious freedom. Similarly, the Prussian prime minister Otto Von Bismarck conferred freedom to Jews. These two revolutions also differed by the fact that both of these revolutions had different outcomes. The result of the French Revolution was that the nation became an empire, where Napoleon (military leader of France) became the autocrat of France who fought to spread nationalism. On the other hand. The outcome of the German Revolution was that Germany interned as a powerful united industrial nation. Thus, both the French Revolution and the German Revolution were both comparable and different in many ways.
There were many likenesses between the German Revolution and the French Revolution. One likeness between both of these revolutions is their inflection on Enlightenment thought. The Enlightenment. which started in France, caused the people of empires to begin to recognize the unevenness inherent in such systems. The French Revolution was influenced by Rousseau and John Locke because their ideas motivated the people of the third estate to rise and fight for their Freedom. Especially John Lock. Who caused the ideas of a social contract, in which everyone in a society is answerable to one another, and the idea of government originating their power from the consent of the people. Likewise, the German revolution was influenced by German philosopher Karl Marx who acknowledged the ideas of socialism, because it obliterated class systems. His ideas of socialism helped impacted the working class of industrial societies to work together and overwhelm the central government with always sided with the owners. Another likeness between the French and the German revolution is that both were fought by middle and poor class people to improve their tights in the societies. For instance. When King Louis XVI of France increased taxes because the Seven Years War and American Revolution had put France deeply in debt. This deeply outraged the people in the third estate as they were steamed to pay more taxes since the first estate (Catholic Church) and the second estate (Nobility) did not have to pay taxes. as they outvoted the first estate. This prompted the uprising in the people in the third estate to rise and fight for the inequality in their representation in society. Also, in Germany, Jews were highly distinguished against and denied many of their natural rights, which include religious freedom. When the Prime minister Otto von Bismark came to power he made reforms to permit freedoms to Jews. The last but not least, both the German and French Revolution was led by the middle and poor class. For instance, in the French Revolution majority of the people fighting in the revolution was that of the Middle-class professionals throughout Germany had led the way in an effort not only to produce a liberal Germany. But also to unify Germany under one government.
Though the French Revolution and the German Revolution shared many resemblances, they also are different in many ways. One of these differences is that both of these revolutions continued for different lengths of time. The French Revolution which took place in France lasted for more than ten years from the year 1789 to 1799. The French Revolution ended when Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself the emperor of France (dictator) when he arrived in France after a period of long military conquest. While on the other hand. The German revolution lasted for more than twenty years, from the year 1848 to I871. The German revolution lasted for a long period of time since it had different aspects. The opening phase 1848-1849. Also known as the March Revolution, was a rebellion to conquer the Austria-linger,r Empire from the German nan Confederation. Another difference between the French Revolution and the German Revolution is that both of these revolutions had different effects. When the French Revolution ended, it turned into a tyranny. This is because Napoleon did not want the people to rule themselves. So once the revolution was over, instead of creating a democracy and electing a president: Napoleon appointed himself as an emperor and ran away to France. On the other hand, when the German Revolution ended the county emerged as a powerful united industrial nation that dominated Europe. This is because when Germany defeated the French in the Franco Russian war in 1871, it was able to restore the German Empire. Last but not least. the French Revolution and the German Revolution were different because in each of these revolutions people fought for different reasons. People fought the French Revolution I789 due to the inequality in the social system. For example, the people in the third estate ere forced to pay higher taxes than people in the first and second estates. Therefore, the people fought mainly to get more freedom (freedom of speech, religion, and press) and rights, such as similar representation. While on the other hand, people in the German Revolution fought mainly to overthrow their dictators. such as Austrians. They fought these nations revive the long German Empire. that was broken apart by the Monarch of Europe. These were the many ways that both of the American Revolution and the French Revolution were different.
In conclusion, both the American Revolution and the French Revolution were identical and varied in many ways, even though both of these revolutions took place in different years. The French and the American Revolution were similar since both of these revolutions were caused by enlightenment ideas of philosophers such as Rousseau and John Locke, and both started since the monarchs imposed heavy taxes on the people to pay off their nation's debt. Not only that. but also when the American Revolution and the French Revolution ended both of these revolutions, the French Revolution and the American Revolution. were different because, in both of these revolutions, the people fought to change different aspects of the society. Both of these revelations even though they are comparable and varied, influenced other nations to rise and fight for their liberation and freedom.
