When American colonists won independence from Great Britain in the Revolutionary War, the French, who participated in the war themselves, were both close allies and key participants. Several years after the revolt in America, French reformers faced political, social and economic hardships that mirror...
AMERICAN Revolutionary War, 1775-1783ANTI-imperialist movementsANTISLAVERY movementsJOURNALISTSSLAVERYFRENCH coloniesThe American Revolution happened as Raynal and Diderot were working on the third edition of their monumental Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade...
Cold War French Prototypes Spähpanzer 1C France/Federal Republic of Germany (1955?-1961) Anti-Tank Reconnaissance Vehicle – 1 to 2 Prototypes Built With the formation of the Bundeswehr in 1955, the new army of West Germany, a decision was made to acquire small tracked armored ...
The American and French Revolutions were two events that took place in the latter-half of the 1700s. The Americans wanted to form their own government separate from that of England, while the French wanted to reform their existing government to b...
The Radicalism of the American Revolution vs. the French Rev essays"It is indeed true that our Revolution was strikingly unlike that of France, and that most of those who originated it had no other than political programme." The American and French Rev
A war (1756-1763) fought by Britain against the French and their Native American allies, part of the conflict known in Europe as the Seven Years' War. Britain, emerging victorious, took possession of the French territories in Canada and became the dominant colonial power in North America. ...
“This is the first time the comte de Lauberdière’s journal has appeared in print, and it is a welcome addition to American Revolutionary War scholars and readers alike. Just 19 years old when he arrived in America in July 1780, Lauberdière had unique access into high command cir...
National Assembly, any of various historical French parliaments or houses of parliament. From June 17 to July 9, 1789, it was the name of the revolutionary assembly formed by representatives of the Third Estate; thereafter (until replaced by the Legislat
Impact of the Seven Years’ War on the American Revolution Also known as the Seven Years’ War, the French and Indian war marked another chapter in the long imperial struggle between Britain and France. When France’s expansion into the Ohio River valley brought repeated conflict with the claim...