A dictatorship was imposed by the Committee of Public Safety during the French Revolution in 1593.
The American Revolutionary War ( 17751783 ) , also known as the American War of Independence , was a global war that began as a conflict between Great Britain and thirteen of its North American colonies , which declared independence as the United States of America . The French Revolution ( Révolution française [ ʁevɔlysjɔ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛːz ] ) was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France that lasted from 1789 until 1799 , and was partially carried forward by Napoleon during the later expansion of the French Empire .