The interactions between the American revolution and the French revolution are complex. One of the most famous French revolutionaries, La Fayette, served as a general for the US revolutionaries for years on behalf of the French crown.
The French monarchy supported the American revolution for both ideological (enlightenment philosophy was somewhat widespread among the elites) and realpolitik (fuck England) reasons.
On the other hand, yeah, once the American won and established a democracy, “why couldn’t we do the same here?” was a very obvious question in everyone’s mind.
The interactions between the American revolution and the French revolution are complex. One of the most famous French revolutionaries, La Fayette, served as a general for the US revolutionaries for years on behalf of the French crown.
The French monarchy supported the American revolution for both ideological (enlightenment philosophy was somewhat widespread among the elites) and realpolitik (fuck England) reasons.
On the other hand, yeah, once the American won and established a democracy, “why couldn’t we do the same here?” was a very obvious question in everyone’s mind.