Mre and more people saw democracy as the best way to ensure equality and justice for all. The French Revolution, then, changed the social attitudes and assumptions that had dominated Europe for centuries. A new era had begun. Liberal Creoles (colonists born in Spanish America) seized control of many colonies in the Americas. The Spanish king took steps to tighten control over the American colonies. This action angered the Mexicans, who rose in revolt and successfully threw off Spain's control. Other Spanish colonies in Latin America also claimed independence. At about the same time, Brazil declared independence from Portugal. Nationalism began to spread in Italy, Germany, Greece, and to other areas that the Congress had put under foreign control. Eventually, the nationalistic feelings would explode into revolutions, and new nations would be formed.
The French revolution was very important for France, but also for the rest of the world.
The reason why it had such big influence was that the French people with their revolution showed the world that the power of the nation is in the people, and if everyone sticks together the leaders can not do anything against them.
That prompted lot of revolutions around the world, big portion of which will similar outcomes, while some, unfortunately, ended up in a situation similar or even worse prior to their revolutions.
As World War II came to an end, Europe became indelibly divided into east and west. ... Western European countries were largely democratic, while Eastern European nations mostly had socialist governments that were mere puppet regimes of the Soviet Union.
