When looking at American History, it is amazing how a colony could defeat the mother country, draft a document that explained why the breaking up happened, plus, create a new government of its own. Who would have thought that not only an event like this, but also its key historical document would be remembered for years to come? According to David Armitage, the Declaration of Independence was remembered as an inspiration for other nations coming into existence over the next 200 years. What is most remarkable is how many nations took the experiences of the American nation and used it to reform and create their own sovereign nations. From an already well-established country like France to insignificant colonies like Haiti and Venezuela,
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The American experience inspired many to become their own independent nation. The world would never be the same.
America’s revolution of the 1770s-1780s was an event that changed a nation, but little did anyone know that its significance would influence other nations to rebel against their ruling government. Consequently, France’s Revolution was inspired by the outcome of the American Revolution. America’s attempt to replace their tyrannical British crown with a new form of government would be similar to France’s chance to remove their antiquated monarchy and start new. As stated in the Philipp Zieschce article, he alluded that numerous Americans felt the French Revolution was a continuation of the American counterpart. Whether it was a continuation or not, the French and the American goals were to remove a government that they felt was lacking accountability to its people and desired to replace it with something better. Looking at the French Declaration of Rights of Man, it observed that the French wrote the document shortly before the beginning of their war and it defined what the people expected from a new government. Like America, with their Declaration of Independence, they too defined their problems also. In …show more content…
According to author Robin Blackburn, thanks to the Revolution in America, France would eventually have had to deal with their island of Haiti. Because America chose to rule itself rather than be ruled by Britain, the French borrowed this idea from the United States that led to the downfall of the monarchy. Comparable a stack of dominoes stood up and pushed over, the American rebellion set in motion a worldwide revolution that hit France which eventually reached Haiti. With the French asking for freedoms and equality in their Declaration of Rights, it would make sense that their slaves in Haiti would want the same as them since they were part of France. Unfortunately, this was not the case, and Haiti would draft its own Declaration of Independence. According to the Haitian Declaration, “It is not enough to have restrained those ever-evolving factions that one after another mocked the specter of liberty that France dangled before you.” Due to them not wanting to be slaves anymore, they fought a bloody war for the right to rule themselves. If equality was not an option, then independence was the answer for Haiti. As mentioned in their Declaration,” They must live independent or die.” The only way for Haiti to enjoy freedom was for independence even at the cost of many lives. Although this would not apply to all in the United
The American experience inspired many to become their own independent nation. The world would never be the same.
America’s revolution of the 1770s-1780s was an event that changed a nation, but little did anyone know that its significance would influence other nations to rebel against their ruling government. Consequently, France’s Revolution was inspired by the outcome of the American Revolution. America’s attempt to replace their tyrannical British crown with a new form of government would be similar to France’s chance to remove their antiquated monarchy and start new. As stated in the Philipp Zieschce article, he alluded that numerous Americans felt the French Revolution was a continuation of the American counterpart. Whether it was a continuation or not, the French and the American goals were to remove a government that they felt was lacking accountability to its people and desired to replace it with something better. Looking at the French Declaration of Rights of Man, it observed that the French wrote the document shortly before the beginning of their war and it defined what the people expected from a new government. Like America, with their Declaration of Independence, they too defined their problems also. In …show more content…
According to author Robin Blackburn, thanks to the Revolution in America, France would eventually have had to deal with their island of Haiti. Because America chose to rule itself rather than be ruled by Britain, the French borrowed this idea from the United States that led to the downfall of the monarchy. Comparable a stack of dominoes stood up and pushed over, the American rebellion set in motion a worldwide revolution that hit France which eventually reached Haiti. With the French asking for freedoms and equality in their Declaration of Rights, it would make sense that their slaves in Haiti would want the same as them since they were part of France. Unfortunately, this was not the case, and Haiti would draft its own Declaration of Independence. According to the Haitian Declaration, “It is not enough to have restrained those ever-evolving factions that one after another mocked the specter of liberty that France dangled before you.” Due to them not wanting to be slaves anymore, they fought a bloody war for the right to rule themselves. If equality was not an option, then independence was the answer for Haiti. As mentioned in their Declaration,” They must live independent or die.” The only way for Haiti to enjoy freedom was for independence even at the cost of many lives. Although this would not apply to all in the United