Dr. Loconte isn't kidding when he says we used to understand these concepts. You can find these exact statements, history, and concepts taught in grade school civics coursework throughout the 1800s and into the early 1900s. Pre-Wilson administration. Nowadays, the material in elementary school civics text books is graduate level coursework where the universities loath American history.
Fuck the universities...They wouldn't have the soapbox they stand so tall on, thinking they're flying, while standing on the efforts of those who came before them...and denouncing everything those people strove for. Leftism is cancer.
American Revolution formed a Democratic Republic with Washington as president. French Revolution resulted in a dictatorship under Napoleon. Reason why peaceful transfer of power is important.
@@hotstinkytaco Napoléon said speeches against despotism despite being a despote himself… that’s why French Republic supports Napoleon but hates all other dictators
In case you wanna know why "french waiters will be nice to you the Bastille day, 14th of July" (ironic) Well, there are fireworks in every cities and villages in the country, that all start around 10 or 11pm And because it's a holiday, no one is working and people want to enjoy a restaurant But then, everybody wants to leave early to watch the fireworks so eeeeverybody order at the same time, making it impossible to manage and the waiters are just running everywhere, asking themselves why they agreed to suffer like this
This makes me concerned about the collapse about our own Republic and the rise of a Trumpian dictator who undermines the democratic processes we had for so long taken for granted and gave away.
One major difference between the American revolution and the French revolution is religion/irreligion. Specifically Christianity which was the predominant faith in both lands.* The French revolution, however, tried to wipe away all vestiges of Christianity. The French revolution even erected the Temple of Reason which was a state atheist temple for the Cult of Reason with the explicit purpose of replacing Christianity. By contrast, the American revolution was in some measure (not wholly but partly) motivated by Christian beliefs and values and even supported and promoted by some Christian leaders (e.g. John Witherspoon is mentioned in the video as a Calvinist/Reformed Presbyterian minister who signed the Declaration of Independence; Samuel Adams was a staunch Calvinist/Reformed Christian). And to be clear: I'm not at all suggesting the US was or is a Christian nation, only that the American revolution was partly guided by some Christian leaders and principles, unlike the French revolution which was not. * To be more specific, it was Catholicism in France and Protestantism in America. Also, the French had already persecuted the Protestants aka the Huguenots and either killed them or forced them out of France by this time (e.g. St. Bartholomew's Day massacre). By contrast, in America, Catholics were more or less able to live peaceably alongside Protestants, though there were some violent flashpoints.
The American Revolution was influenced by both Christian and Jewish values as well as the Enlightenment along with British traditions and Greco-Roman influence. My high school government class listed all of these as influences and I think they were right. It's just that the French Revolution was predominantly the Enlightenment and was opposed to religion.
@@simplecodingnow789 Definitely agree! I think there are at least three threads or strands of influence in the lead-up to the American revolution - Lockean liberalism via the Enlightenment, classical republicanism via Greco-Romanism, and a Puritanism or Calvinism via Judeo-Christian beliefs and values.
@danguid2753 Not only just in America or rather the 13 Colonies but worldwide! The American Revolution was a world 🌎 global 🌍 war! And it wasn't just France but also Spain and to a much lesser degree The Netherlands. Spain did a lot for American independence. Spain funded the Yorktown campaign paying both the French and Continental soldiers who hadn't been paid for several months and years causing several mutinees! Spain also paid and refurbished Degrasse's French fleet allowing Degrasse to travel to both the Chesapeake and later Yorktown which Spain also had a huge role in making Yorktown happen! And it was Spanish General Bernardo de Gálvez who was kind and generous enough to release his own French troops under Spanish command and ALLOWED Degrasse to take them to go reinforce Rochambeau at Yorktown!
@@CheerfulFerryBoat-ug8gr Of course we must not neglect the contribution of Spain. We must remember that at this time the two countries were linked by the same royalty that of the Bourbons of France and Spain. descendant of LouisXIV. In any case, the troops were better armed and more numerous, more than the Americans during the Battle of Yorktown. I regret that we have forgotten most of the Spanish or French generals in favor of just one. See the incaculable number of streets, boulevards, of monuments and cities in homage to Lafayette. His portrait hangs in the American Congress next to that of Washington as founding father of the USA. I reaffirm my words, this is not a revolution, it is a war of independence.
@@danguid2753 I am not a fan of Lafayette! Lafayette is way overrated! He never won a single battle in the American Revolution as I understand. He was simply given the rank of Major General simply because he stood by Washington. Just for being a pal lol! But he was very successful in organizing retreats and withdrawals! Yes he was brave but he was no soldier or a definition of one. And he wasn't half the man Bernardo de Gálvez was! According to historian Thomas Chavez Spain sent weapons to the American Colonies from France inside French ships! On October of last year the Spanish Ambassador was invited to the Yorktown victory celebration! Spain is finally being recognized for its decisive role in the American Revolution and it's key participation in making Yorktown happen!
@@CheerfulFerryBoat-ug8gr Totally agree about Lafayette. To have participate in emancipation, what is the return? the Americans seize the territories occupied by the Spanish, California, Nevada, New Mexico. Texas, Florida, etc. Despite the criticism, Napoleon did well to sell Louisiana, which was not limited to the current state, it was a vast territory from North Dakota to Louisiana, he knews the American ambitions.
I know Americans like to tell origin myths about themselves, like all nations, but if you plan of teaching history, not myth, lets dispense the misnomer. America had war for independence, not a revolution. Revolution implies violet overthrow of existing government order in favor of a new system. For American situation to qualify they would have had to overthrow the British empire. They did not. They had war for independence as colonies and than formed a new government, but they did not overthrow the old system. British Empire did not cease to exist because American colonies won a war for their independence. And that is where British are correct and American are wrong. The British call it what it is. The British-American war for the independence. Americans keep call it revolution, but that just proves that Americans like to tell stories about themselves and don't like history very much. The American Exceptionalism mythology is another example of that. Americans are not exceptional, but time and place was. If Americans were indeed exceptional as people than they would not be in the trouble they are now. Self inflicted. No Americans exceptionalism is as much truth, as American revolution. It simply not true. But I'm sure that won't stop American professors perpetuating the mythology, faltering themselves while the rest of the world laughs as the American ignorance of the world beyond the American borders. And that is why this kind of people can sell them stories that they want to hear, rather than reality. Sadly for them, this American Greatest narrative and American Exceptionalism is harder and harder to sell, because people look around and say; what the hell are you talking about?
The rest of the world laughs at America until the exact moment they need us, at which point our blood spills into their cemeteries to protect their sovereignty. A lot fewer Americans would be buried if mundane Europe could have stopped warring with itself on the regular.
@@DeckKnight Nobody needs Americans. Americans need the rest of the world that is why every time they go spread democracy they strike oil. Funny how that works. I see you have been drinking propaganda kool aid.
But the English colonists did violently overthrow the English rulers, thats precisely what happened. So your contention is that revolutions can only occur in the mother country? Or is it that the colonists didn't get on ships and continued the fight in England that upsets you? They had revolted against their rulers, and won. You seem to have a very narrow definition of revolutions, if I may say so. The British refers to it that way to deflect from their shameful defeat, there were no Americans prior to the Declaration of Independence in 1776 btw.(Years after hostilities began) Of course every nation has a foundational story it tells it self, without it you'd risk becoming Afghanistan or Belgium >) As far as exceptionalism goes, no other country has gone from a few backwater colonies that could hardly feed itself, to the largest economy in the world and then a Superpower all in less than 150 years. You don't have to like it, but conjuring up an alternative history to suit your disdain for the country seems a bit absurd. Jealousy is one of the ugliest of the human emotions...
@@SonOfAssasin What happened in America for British is rebellion, and because of the scale and outcome can be called war for American independence. But British Empire did not change its form of government, it only lost colonies, and actually became in following years even stronger. It would be equivalent if Alaska wanted to leave the the union and there was a war between union and Alaska and Alaska manages to separate and form its own country. Would that means that America had a revolution? No it would had one less state in the union. Just as one American union added 14th colony, it did not become another form of government, did it? It simply was a larger union. I could go on and explain the fallacy of American Exceptionalism but I will leave the upcoming years of failing union to explain it for me.
@@KrunoslavStifter But the British Empire did change. They lost their American colonies and a couple of million of their own subjects. Subjects who demanded full rights as citizens. They revolted precisely because they were denied representation in the mother country and had unjust taxes levied against them, without any legal recourse. If you revolt against your own government, what is that called?
starting the video with cannon fire? Casually quoting Robespierre? Saying that the greatest political revolution has begun? Is this a rallying cry for war and bloodshed?
desappointing video... you didn't even answer your own question : what's the difference between the two revolutions... For me, the americans builded their democratie on the roots of the english colonies keeping many of its flaws ( and perks!) whereas the french revolution ( the first one 1789 1799) wanted to do away with nearly all the old regime including political, religious and social norms. It led to Napoleon because , unlike the usa, France id bordered by 8 other countries who didn't want the revolution to spread.
What a primitive and deceptive conservative presentation! The French Revolution was very successful. The Code of Napoleon influenced many European countries. Napoleon abolished serfdom in lands that he conquered. Please delete this piece of conservative propaganda.
Reign of terror only lasted a year. Most of French revolution was not heads being cut off etc. Also Napoleon greatly advanced society politically and socially until it was reversed by the coalition in 1815.
The American "revolution" was no revolution at all: it was a secession from england. Meanwhile, the French Revolution's legacy includes the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the system of laws in practice in the EU (the one and only place on Earth where liberty and democracy exists).
Actually it's the other way around. The American revolution pretty much completely changed the entire world's view on democracy. The American revolution unlike the French one add a lasting impact and stability. Meanwhile friends divulged into another form of monarchy and constantly regressed in times eventually became the laughing stock of Europe.
@@proster7920 Read a book; also learn to write. The american "revolution" was done by rich white slaveowners for rich white slaveowners. The US today is a country dominated by a handful of billionaire donors who, since "Citizens United", dictate the results of elections as well as the agenda of congress and the white house. Currently the laughingstock of the world are the countries where a convicted felon might become the next president as well as its vassal state that shot itself in the foot by leaving the EU a few years ago.
Dr. Loconte isn't kidding when he says we used to understand these concepts. You can find these exact statements, history, and concepts taught in grade school civics coursework throughout the 1800s and into the early 1900s. Pre-Wilson administration. Nowadays, the material in elementary school civics text books is graduate level coursework where the universities loath American history.
Fuck the universities...They wouldn't have the soapbox they stand so tall on, thinking they're flying, while standing on the efforts of those who came before them...and denouncing everything those people strove for. Leftism is cancer.
The French are on their fifth Republic… so far..
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Don’t forget the two empires they had
@@chasen3661and 2 monarchies in between, and a Fascist puppet state spin-off
I'm afraid this did not help me at all to understand the difference between the American and French Revolutions.
American Revolution formed a Democratic Republic with Washington as president. French Revolution resulted in a dictatorship under Napoleon. Reason why peaceful transfer of power is important.
@@hotstinkytaco Napoléon said speeches against despotism despite being a despote himself… that’s why French Republic supports Napoleon but hates all other dictators
@@hotstinkytaco And Washington was voted in, unlike Napoleon who "dictated" his authority himself.
The founding principles of America was based on Biblical principles. That was the main difference.
In case you wanna know why "french waiters will be nice to you the Bastille day, 14th of July" (ironic)
Well, there are fireworks in every cities and villages in the country, that all start around 10 or 11pm
And because it's a holiday, no one is working and people want to enjoy a restaurant
But then, everybody wants to leave early to watch the fireworks so eeeeverybody order at the same time, making it impossible to manage and the waiters are just running everywhere, asking themselves why they agreed to suffer like this
If life is an inalienable right, what does that say about the death penalty?
Propaganda adjacent video with almost no information about the French Revolution.
Thank you, yeah this video made me worry sick as soon as he just started to state quotes. smh
Jesus smuggling
This makes me concerned about the collapse about our own Republic and the rise of a Trumpian dictator who undermines the democratic processes we had for so long taken for granted and gave away.
One major difference between the American revolution and the French revolution is religion/irreligion. Specifically Christianity which was the predominant faith in both lands.* The French revolution, however, tried to wipe away all vestiges of Christianity. The French revolution even erected the Temple of Reason which was a state atheist temple for the Cult of Reason with the explicit purpose of replacing Christianity. By contrast, the American revolution was in some measure (not wholly but partly) motivated by Christian beliefs and values and even supported and promoted by some Christian leaders (e.g. John Witherspoon is mentioned in the video as a Calvinist/Reformed Presbyterian minister who signed the Declaration of Independence; Samuel Adams was a staunch Calvinist/Reformed Christian). And to be clear: I'm not at all suggesting the US was or is a Christian nation, only that the American revolution was partly guided by some Christian leaders and principles, unlike the French revolution which was not.
* To be more specific, it was Catholicism in France and Protestantism in America. Also, the French had already persecuted the Protestants aka the Huguenots and either killed them or forced them out of France by this time (e.g. St. Bartholomew's Day massacre). By contrast, in America, Catholics were more or less able to live peaceably alongside Protestants, though there were some violent flashpoints.
The American Revolution was influenced by both Christian and Jewish values as well as the Enlightenment along with British traditions and Greco-Roman influence. My high school government class listed all of these as influences and I think they were right. It's just that the French Revolution was predominantly the Enlightenment and was opposed to religion.
@@simplecodingnow789 Definitely agree! I think there are at least three threads or strands of influence in the lead-up to the American revolution - Lockean liberalism via the Enlightenment, classical republicanism via Greco-Romanism, and a Puritanism or Calvinism via Judeo-Christian beliefs and values.
Excellent video!
2:22 Nope, you forgot to mentioned the Corsican revolution of Pasquale Paoli as described by James Boswell in 1768.
The one thing Liberals and conservatives agree on was the Revolutionary war and the overthrow of the Monarchy
John Locke is roaring in Heaven with the "state of our state's leaders" ! And Abigail Adams who said "great necessities call out great virtues" Amen
But why did it take so long it took almost 90.years after 1776 to abolish slavery
It is a war of independence which took place in America, supported militarily by a foreign power which is France.
@danguid2753 Not only just in America or rather the 13 Colonies but worldwide!
The American Revolution was a world 🌎 global 🌍 war! And it wasn't just France but also Spain and to a much lesser degree The Netherlands. Spain did a lot for American independence. Spain funded the Yorktown campaign paying both the French and Continental soldiers who hadn't been paid for several months and years causing several mutinees! Spain also paid and refurbished Degrasse's French fleet allowing Degrasse to travel to both the Chesapeake and later Yorktown which Spain also had a huge role in making Yorktown happen! And it was Spanish General Bernardo de Gálvez who was kind and generous enough to release his own French troops under Spanish command and ALLOWED Degrasse to take them to go reinforce Rochambeau at Yorktown!
@@CheerfulFerryBoat-ug8gr Of course we must not neglect the contribution of Spain. We must remember that at this time the two countries were linked by the same royalty that of the Bourbons of France and Spain.
descendant of LouisXIV. In any case, the troops were better armed and more numerous, more than the Americans during the Battle of Yorktown. I regret that we have forgotten most of the Spanish or French generals in favor of just one. See the incaculable number of streets, boulevards, of monuments and cities in homage to Lafayette. His portrait hangs in the American Congress next to that of Washington as founding father of the USA. I reaffirm my words, this is not a revolution, it is a war of independence.
@@danguid2753 I am not a fan of Lafayette!
Lafayette is way overrated! He never won a single battle in the American Revolution as I understand. He was simply given the rank of Major General simply because he stood by Washington. Just for being a pal lol! But he was very successful in organizing retreats and withdrawals!
Yes he was brave but he was no soldier or a definition of one. And he wasn't half the man Bernardo de Gálvez was! According to historian Thomas Chavez Spain sent weapons to the American Colonies from France inside French ships!
On October of last year the Spanish Ambassador was invited to the Yorktown victory celebration! Spain is finally being recognized for its decisive role in the American Revolution and it's key participation in making Yorktown happen!
@@CheerfulFerryBoat-ug8gr Totally agree about Lafayette. To have participate in emancipation, what is the return? the Americans seize the territories occupied by the Spanish, California, Nevada, New Mexico. Texas, Florida, etc. Despite the criticism, Napoleon did well to sell Louisiana, which was not limited to the current state, it was a vast territory from North Dakota to Louisiana, he knews the American ambitions.
my country had three great revolutions in 1789, 1830 and 1848 I think the fourth is after July 7th next lol..
this is such an amazing video
Glad you liked it!
Nice perspective, but maybe include materialism next time.
I know Americans like to tell origin myths about themselves, like all nations, but if you plan of teaching history, not myth, lets dispense the misnomer. America had war for independence, not a revolution. Revolution implies violet overthrow of existing government order in favor of a new system. For American situation to qualify they would have had to overthrow the British empire. They did not. They had war for independence as colonies and than formed a new government, but they did not overthrow the old system. British Empire did not cease to exist because American colonies won a war for their independence. And that is where British are correct and American are wrong. The British call it what it is. The British-American war for the independence. Americans keep call it revolution, but that just proves that Americans like to tell stories about themselves and don't like history very much. The American Exceptionalism mythology is another example of that. Americans are not exceptional, but time and place was. If Americans were indeed exceptional as people than they would not be in the trouble they are now. Self inflicted. No Americans exceptionalism is as much truth, as American revolution. It simply not true. But I'm sure that won't stop American professors perpetuating the mythology, faltering themselves while the rest of the world laughs as the American ignorance of the world beyond the American borders. And that is why this kind of people can sell them stories that they want to hear, rather than reality. Sadly for them, this American Greatest narrative and American Exceptionalism is harder and harder to sell, because people look around and say; what the hell are you talking about?
The rest of the world laughs at America until the exact moment they need us, at which point our blood spills into their cemeteries to protect their sovereignty.
A lot fewer Americans would be buried if mundane Europe could have stopped warring with itself on the regular.
@@DeckKnight Nobody needs Americans. Americans need the rest of the world that is why every time they go spread democracy they strike oil. Funny how that works. I see you have been drinking propaganda kool aid.
But the English colonists did violently overthrow the English rulers, thats precisely what happened. So your contention is that revolutions can only occur in the mother country? Or is it that the colonists didn't get on ships and continued the fight in England that upsets you? They had revolted against their rulers, and won. You seem to have a very narrow definition of revolutions, if I may say so. The British refers to it that way to deflect from their shameful defeat, there were no Americans prior to the Declaration of Independence in 1776 btw.(Years after hostilities began) Of course every nation has a foundational story it tells it self, without it you'd risk becoming Afghanistan or Belgium >) As far as exceptionalism goes, no other country has gone from a few backwater colonies that could hardly feed itself, to the largest economy in the world and then a Superpower all in less than 150 years. You don't have to like it, but conjuring up an alternative history to suit your disdain for the country seems a bit absurd. Jealousy is one of the ugliest of the human emotions...
@@SonOfAssasin What happened in America for British is rebellion, and because of the scale and outcome can be called war for American independence. But British Empire did not change its form of government, it only lost colonies, and actually became in following years even stronger.
It would be equivalent if Alaska wanted to leave the the union and there was a war between union and Alaska and Alaska manages to separate and form its own country. Would that means that America had a revolution? No it would had one less state in the union.
Just as one American union added 14th colony, it did not become another form of government, did it? It simply was a larger union.
I could go on and explain the fallacy of American Exceptionalism but I will leave the upcoming years of failing union to explain it for me.
@@KrunoslavStifter But the British Empire did change. They lost their American colonies and a couple of million of their own subjects. Subjects who demanded full rights as citizens. They revolted precisely because they were denied representation in the mother country and had unjust taxes levied against them, without any legal recourse. If you revolt against your own government, what is that called?
Britain doesn't have a constitution still today...
starting the video with cannon fire? Casually quoting Robespierre? Saying that the greatest political revolution has begun? Is this a rallying cry for war and bloodshed?
desappointing video... you didn't even answer your own question : what's the difference between the two revolutions... For me, the americans builded their democratie on the roots of the english colonies keeping many of its flaws ( and perks!) whereas the french revolution ( the first one 1789 1799) wanted to do away with nearly all the old regime including political, religious and social norms. It led to Napoleon because , unlike the usa, France id bordered by 8 other countries who didn't want the revolution to spread.
I hope youtube doesn't think I'm a Christian nationalist now. Jesus.
What a primitive and deceptive conservative presentation! The French Revolution was very successful. The Code of Napoleon influenced many European countries. Napoleon abolished serfdom in lands that he conquered. Please delete this piece of conservative propaganda.
Reign of terror only lasted a year. Most of French revolution was not heads being cut off etc. Also Napoleon greatly advanced society politically and socially until it was reversed by the coalition in 1815.
this is pure propaganda...childish ideological way to understand the world
The American "revolution" was no revolution at all: it was a secession from england. Meanwhile, the French Revolution's legacy includes the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the system of laws in practice in the EU (the one and only place on Earth where liberty and democracy exists).
Actually it's the other way around. The American revolution pretty much completely changed the entire world's view on democracy. The American revolution unlike the French one add a lasting impact and stability. Meanwhile friends divulged into another form of monarchy and constantly regressed in times eventually became the laughing stock of Europe.
@@proster7920 Read a book; also learn to write. The american "revolution" was done by rich white slaveowners for rich white slaveowners. The US today is a country dominated by a handful of billionaire donors who, since "Citizens United", dictate the results of elections as well as the agenda of congress and the white house. Currently the laughingstock of the world are the countries where a convicted felon might become the next president as well as its vassal state that shot itself in the foot by leaving the EU a few years ago.
Lively debate in these comments. Very good. I have learned from both sides 🙂
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