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To some extent, the American War of Independence inspired the French Revolution. Comment.

  • UPSC 1999
  • Origins of Modern Politics

The French Revolution (1789) did not spring from purely domestic French causes; the American War of Independence (1775–83), in which France was a direct participant, supplied both the ideological example and the fiscal catastrophe that made revolution in France thinkable and, ultimately, unavoidable.

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  • Ideological Inspiration: Proof That Enlightenment Could Work
  • Personal Transmission: Lafayette and the Volunteers
  • Fiscal Ruin: The War That Bankrupted the Monarchy
  • The Limits of the American Influence

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