Similarities Between Revolutionary And American Revolutionary War

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The Xinhai Revolution was an important bourgeois-democratic revolution in China's modern history, which ended more than 2,000 years of feudal monarchy and established a republican form of government. The American Revolutionary War was a bourgeois revolution aimed at fighting for national independence, national liberation, and democracy, freedom, and equality. There are many similarities between the two, but there are also essential differences. Both the American Revolutionary War and the Xinhai Revolution were bourgeois revolutions for national independence and national prosperity, and both dealt a heavy blow to the rule of the Qing Dynasty. However, the American Revolutionary War was ultimately successful, while the Xinhai Revolution regarded …show more content…

The American Revolutionary War was caused by the oppression and enslavement of the American people by the British colonialists, and was a bourgeois revolution, not a national liberation movement, which could not resolve domestic contradictions and achieve national unification; The Xinhai Revolution, on the other hand, was to overthrow the autocratic rule of the Qing Dynasty and establish a democratic republic. The purpose of the American Revolutionary War was the bourgeois revolution for national independence, national liberation, democracy, and freedom, and could not change the class nature of the United States or resolve domestic contradictions; The Xinhai Revolution, on the other hand, was a bourgeois revolution to overthrow the autocratic rule of the Qing Dynasty, to change the nature of China's semi-colonial and semi-feudal society and the tragic fate of the people. After the Xinhai Revolution, the Chinese overthrew the feudal autocracy and established a bourgeois republic, giving the people freedom, democracy, and equality. However, China is still under the dual oppression of imperialism and feudalism, and the people are still living in …show more content…

The leaders of the American Revolution were the American people. They took the lead economically, politically, and militarily. (Library of Congress, n.d.) Economically, during the American Revolution, Americans did not own land and could not live on their own. They fought for their land, property, and freedom through the Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of the Rights of Man. Politically, although the Americans wanted independence politically, they did not want a country ruled by white men, but a country led by themselves. Therefore, although they advocated the use of violence to liberate the people, they did not advocate the establishment of a bourgeois democratic republic but hoped to realize the freedom, equality, and democracy of the country through the people's democratic dictatorship. The revolution of 1911 was led by the feudal monarchy. Therefore, although the revolution was a success, it was impossible to lead the whole Chinese revolution to victory because of the limitations and reactionary nature of the leading class at that

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