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re: Why did the French Revolution devolve into such bloodshed & not the American Revolution?
Posted on 10/9/18 at 9:41 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
Posted on 10/9/18 at 9:41 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
French were overthrowing oppression, a style of being governed etc. very passionate about the cause and the need for bloodshed to changes the status quo
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Posted on 10/9/18 at 9:45 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
The Brits actually had wars with France, Spain, and the Dutch concurrent with the Revolutionary war.
Posted on 10/9/18 at 9:50 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
One was based on socialism, the other was based on democracy
Posted on 10/9/18 at 9:54 pm to 1BamaRTR
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Because the French Revolution was more of a civil war. Not quite the same but think how bloody our civil war was.
The American Revolution in the South was mostly a civil war.
Posted on 10/9/18 at 9:54 pm to Bear88
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French were overthrowing oppression, a style of being governed etc. very passionate about the cause and the need for bloodshed to changes the status quo
They ended up with another dictator within a few years.
They had no real end goals
Posted on 10/9/18 at 9:54 pm to upgrayedd
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One was based on socialism, the other was based on democracy
jesus, i know you're smarter than this. or at least i thought you were.
Posted on 10/9/18 at 9:57 pm to Masterag
This thread led me down an hour and a half Wikipedia rabbit hole.
Thanks
Thanks
Posted on 10/9/18 at 9:58 pm to Masterag
enlighten us, oh lord
Posted on 10/9/18 at 10:03 pm to upgrayedd
I’m not saying you’re wrong. But socialism vs democracy had nothing to do with the bloodiness of those two wars. Or, the reasons why they revolted in the first place.
Posted on 10/9/18 at 10:06 pm to upgrayedd
Agreed but they did not foresee that coming I don’t think. 3rd estate was tired of paying all the taxes why the monarchs lived lavishly and sending the country into debt
Posted on 10/9/18 at 10:12 pm to beerJeep
Look up the Conquistadores taking Tenochtitlan.
Posted on 10/9/18 at 10:13 pm to BlackPawnMartyr
Kind of weird to think that George Washington and all them guys actually spoke with a English accent.
Posted on 10/9/18 at 10:21 pm to upgrayedd
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They ended up with another dictator within a few years.
Yea i imagine its difficult to form a government of the people when all the monarchs are banding together to attack you since they are afraid of the revolution spreading across the continent and interrupting their oppressive rule.
This post was edited on 10/9/18 at 10:22 pm
Posted on 10/9/18 at 10:44 pm to Masterag
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I’m not saying you’re wrong. But socialism vs democracy had nothing to do with the bloodiness of those two wars. Or, the reasons why they revolted in the first place.
Yeah, I just figured we all knew how the two governments ended up after the wars were over so I didn’t bother asking about that aspect of it.
Posted on 10/9/18 at 10:51 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
Locality of perceived tyrants.
Posted on 10/10/18 at 4:41 am to TigerFanInSouthland
Unpopular fact: we would not have won the revolution without the French. I guess they weren't always known as pussies.
Posted on 10/10/18 at 5:06 am to celltech1981
They didn’t get the surrender monkey nickname until WWII. They conquered Europe under Napoleon. Fought like absolute hell in WWI and during that war took casualties that essentially demoralized and decimated their population.
It was the french’s Lack of technological foresight in both WWI and WWI that was heir undoing. It just that the Germans we quite literally so fast in WWII that the French could not defend themselves, and hence surrendered.
It was the french’s Lack of technological foresight in both WWI and WWI that was heir undoing. It just that the Germans we quite literally so fast in WWII that the French could not defend themselves, and hence surrendered.
Posted on 10/10/18 at 5:23 am to Tiger Ryno
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Kind of weird to think that George Washington and all them guys actually spoke with a English accent.
I’ve heard that what the English spoke then was more like how we speak here. Anyone know about this?
Posted on 10/10/18 at 6:23 am to TigerFanInSouthland
quote:Earliest example of progDemocrats at work.
what went so wrong in France for it to break down into things like the Reign of Terror and the guillotine
Posted on 10/10/18 at 6:33 am to celltech1981
quote:Unpopular fact #2: we also would not have gotten involved with Vietnam without the French. frick them.
Unpopular fact: we would not have won the revolution without the French.
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