Both revolutions started rather moderately, with people demanding more representation in government. Neither gained the full support of everyone in the respective nations either, as evidenced by Loyalists in the US and counterrevolutions in areas like the Vendee in France. In France, the revolution became more radical and ideological, taking Enlightenment ideals and rationalism to the extreme. The revolution in France also led to the dictatorship of Napoleon and the restoration is Bourbon monarchs, so ultimately a return to the status quo, while the American Revolution was successful in gaining American independence. Furthermore, the French Revolution was fought in France while the American Revolution was fought in the colonies of England and never sought to completely depose George III, just remove his control of the colonies.
During this time in the United States, it was possible to elect both a president and vice president from different political parties, since the person with the second-greatest number of electoral votes automatically became the vice president.
The French and American Revolutions were both based on three values:
Liberty, equality, and property; all of which were thought of by Enlightenment thinkers such as John Locke, whose ideas also inspired the US Constitution
The post industrial economy is a phrase that describes the shift of some major industrial economies in the late twentieth century away from producing goods and toward producing services.
