How was the French Revolution differnet America's?
There are distinct stages in a revolution. To sum it up, the
normal revolution has the upperclass government overthrown by the
lower and then moderates gain control. Sometimes those moderates
are also overthrown and there's a reign of terror and it's just
bad. In America, the first step sort of happen when they replaced
the King with the American aristocracy. They were moderates who
never lost control and there wasn't any social violence later.
However, in France, their King was disposed, Moderates took over,
and then the Jacobians, radicials, overthrew them and all the bad
stuff that could happen because of a revolution happened. After ten
years, France ended up with a dictator, Napoleon Bonapate.