The American Revolution started all because of the war which Britain fought against the French and American Natives League. They won, but they paid the price for it. So they wanted their fellow American colonists to help and pay, and the colonists said no.
Reasonably, nobody likes tax, so nor does the American colonists! Especially when Britain taxes on their beloved tea, colonists were frustrated. These people had kind of an argument against their motherland, thinking that the British King and Parliament shouldn’t interfere too much of their business. Why? Because America has declared itself INDEPENDENT.
So what, in more specific manners, happened? Click the video below to see more about the American Revolution, created by Alina Y. and me!
The similarity between the American Revolution and the French Revolution is both the rise of the tax and the unfair rule of the leaders of both countries. The difference between the two Revolutions is that America became an independent country (Revolution succeeded) while France changed from an absolute monarchy to an absolute dictatorship (Revolution failed).