Question

how did the american revolution influence the french revolution?○ soldiers who had fought on the side of the colonies started the french revolution.○ news of the war introduced the french to the ideas of the enlightenment.○ the war showed that taxation without representation was a just cause.○ the colonies victory demonstrated that a king could be defeated.

Explanation:

• The first option is incorrect: French soldiers who fought in America did not start the French Revolution, though they brought revolutionary ideas home.
• The second option is incorrect: Enlightenment ideas already spread in France before the American Revolution, which was inspired by those ideas, not the reverse.
• The third option is incorrect: While "no taxation without representation" was an American cause, it was not the key influence on the French Revolution, which was driven by domestic inequality and fiscal crisis.
• The fourth option is correct: The American colonists' successful defeat of a powerful monarch (Britain's King George III) showed French revolutionaries that overturning monarchical rule was achievable, boosting their confidence to challenge the French monarchy.

Answer:

D. The colonies' victory demonstrated that a king could be defeated.