The French Revolution was not a revolution for freedom. It was payback, commoners on aristocrats.

Richard, I believe it was much more complicated than that. I think what really made the difference between the French and American revolutions is that the Colonies were already self governing democracies. The rebellion merely turned back an attempt by the Crown to impose itself and carried forward the already established order. Or anyway, that is how it looks to me in broad outline. I am not an historian