A More Tortuous Revolution 英美资产阶级革命对比

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1、AMoreTortuousRevolutionSincethe1600s,manywesterncountrieshadstartedtheirroadtomodernization,includingBritainandAmerica.TheAmericanpeopleachievedtheircountries’modernizationwiththeAmericanRevolution.From1640to1688,BritishpeoplefoughtagainsttheKingfortheirprofitandpowerandeventuallytheysucceeded.Tho

2、ughboththesetwocountriesstartedtheirroadtomodernizationthroughwar,thetworevolutionsstillhadalittledifference——TheEnglishRevolutionwasmoretortuousthantheAmericanRevolution.TheEnglishRevolution’sdurationwasmuchlongerthantheAmericanRevolution.TheEnglishRevolutionbeganfrom1640whenScottishpeople'srevol

3、toutbrokeandendedin1688whenJamesIIabdicated(Kenneth285).ItmeansthattheEnglishRevolutionlasted48years——“EnglishdidnotgetpeaceforalmosthalfacenturyuntiltheGloriousRevolution(Stavrianos272)”.AndtheAmericanRevolution’sstartingtimewas1775anditsendtimewas1783,whichjustcontinuedfor8years.So,it’sobviousth

4、attheEnglishRevolutiontookalongtimeattheroadtomodernization.TheAmericanRevolutionwasbrieferthantheEnglishRevolution.InthemorningofApril19th,1775,"thegunofLexington"openedthepreludeoftheAmericanRevolutionandin1776,theDeclarationofIndependencewaspassedattheContinentalConference,whichdeclaredthattheA

5、mericaestablished.Finallyin1883,AmericaandBritishsignedanagreementwhichannouncedthattheAmericawasindependenttruly().AsfortheEnglishRevolution,itwasmorecomplicated.From1640to1642

6、,itwastheParliamentaryStrugglethroughwhichtheparliamentwantedtolimittheKing’powerandthenfrom1642to1649,itwasthecivilwarinwhichtheparliamentdefeatedCharlesIandsendhimontotheguillotine.Next,theCommonwealthofEnglandwasestablishedanditlastedforfouryearsandthenfrom1653to1659wastimeofCromwell’sautocracy

7、.Then,HouseofStuartcamebackbuttheparliamentlaunchedtheGloriousRevolution,whichtrulyfinishedtheEnglishRevolution(Stavrianos272).TheEnglishRevolutionwassorepeatedandcomplicatedwithsomanyevents.Meanwhile,Britainhadt