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How did Britain’s defeat in the Revolutionary War alter the European context as the end of the eighteenth century approached?
American victory (and British defeat) affected Europe in two major ways. First, many European liberal movements gained momentum from the American Declaration of Independence and the subsequent American victory. Liberal revolutionaries held many of the same ideals as the American founding fathers, and consequently associated themselves with the American cause. The most infamous “result” of the American Revolution was the French Revolution that started nearly a decade later. While serving as ambassador to America, in Paris in 1789, Thomas Jefferson wrote, “the American war seems first to have awakened the thinking part of this nation in general from the sleep of despotism in which they were sunk.” ((Julian P. Boyd, ed., “Letter from Jefferson to Dr. Richard Price, 8 January 1789,” The Papers of Thomas Jefferson (Princeton University Press) 14 (1958): 420.)) France also lost their most prized colonial possession – Haiti –due to their uprising inspired by both the American and French Revolutions.
Secondly, American independence signified the creation of a new nation­state and a new player on the world political/economic scene. With its history of European ties, an independent America was sure to become a key political and economic player in European affairs. As the United States grew in the following centuries, its importance to Europe also grew. Today, the United States is one of Europe’s greatest economic and political allies.
From http://ushistoryscene.com/article/am‐rev‐european‐ordeal/ American Influence on the French Revolution
The French Revolution was influenced by the political experiences and systems of other nations. The most significant of these influences was the American Revolution. In 1775, after a decade of political tension, the 13 British colonies in eastern North American rebelled and declared their independence from the mother country. After almost either years of war, the American colonies emerged victorious. They formed a new nation, the United States of America, that was founded on three documents: a declaration of independence, a constitution, and a bill of rights. The American Revolution served as a model for those seeking change in France. It provided reformers with a working example of a successful and moderately peaceful revolution. It also facilitated the spread of revolutionary ideas in France. Ironically, France’s King Louis XVI and his government had supported the American Revolution with financial aid and military support. France’s involvement in the American Revolutionary War placed even more pressure on the national treasury, contributing to the fiscal crisis of the 1780s. From http://alphahistory.com/frenchrevolution/american­revolution/