ion; it said that soldiers were not allowed to take things from civilians during peacetime. The Massachusetts Government Act imposed military rules on colonies, which meant no democracy. Britain and its American colonies’ relations worsened when the Congress voted to cut trade with Britain unless they got rid of the Intolerable Acts. The revolution didn’t start until April 19,1775 when the British soldiers and American patriots clashed at Lexington and Concord. When Britain was in great debt it had a sense that they had to rule their colonies by being more strict and efficient so they taxed the colonies without their consent. Therefore the American Revolution had been caused by many reasons but it ultimately began over a financial crisis.France went into the economical crisis, but the careless Nobles and kings did not do anything about it and new ideas of government caused the French Revolution. The French Revolution occurred between 1789-1799; it began with a government financial crisis but quickly turned into reform and violent change. France was already in great debt from the Seven Years’ War and supporting the American colonies against Britain in the Revolutionary War. During the 1770’s, the French economy began falling apart. The harvest was poor so there was not enough food supplies for the large population. In 1788, the government went bankrupt and the government owed large amounts of money to the banks. France needed the money to pay for the wars of Louis XIV, also the kings needed money for wars in Europe and overseas to maintain French power. The careless king who did not do anything about the economical crisis was Louis XVI who went to the throne in 1774. He lacked strength and determination as a king; therefore he did not care about the economy. When he tried to help the financial conflict, he just tried to enforce more taxes but Parliament wouldn’t let him. The new ideas of gover...
