Compare And Contrast The Declaration Of Independence And The French Revolution

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The Prosperous and poor joined forces in America because of the taxation put on them by the English crown. The passing of Sugar Act in 1764 was the first of many small but economically divisive taxes passed by the British in an attempt to recover expenses from the colonists. The colonists however were not represented in parliament. Following Locke’s theory of the social contract they demanded representation otherwise they would not pay taxes. These taxes affected the rich and poor alike and when tensions escalated and after Jefferson wrote the Declaration Of Independence, the colonists rebelled. In France, the situation was a little different. The government there was going broke From King Louis’s extravagant living. While the nobility looked

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