Monday, February 7, 2011

What are the similarities and differences between the Glorious, French, and American revolutions?

The
Glorious Revolution, the American Revolution, and the French Revolution were all rebellions
against monarchs. However, their motives, causes, and results were all quite
different.

The Glorious Revolution was different from the other two because
it did not result in any social change. For most people in England, life before the Glorious
Revolution was pretty much the same afterward. It was also fought for religious as well as
political reasons. Parliament was run by protestants. King James II was Catholic. This was a
period of tense relations between English Protestants and Catholics. Parliament feared that
James was going to lead England back into the Catholic fold and that he was going to make secret
alliances with the French to accomplish this. There was no such religious struggle as part of
the American and French revolutions.

The American Revolution differed
because it was fought by colonists in order to shed their political bonds with their
home-nation. The motives of the...

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