Differences
The thousand-day war was a civic fight that began in Colombia due to a confrontation between the liberals and conservatives people in Columbia. The conservatives were believed to have used fraudulent means during the elections to win to remain power. This where, in return, triggered a lot of anger among the opposition resulting in a war. Again, the liberal claimed that their then president Manuel Antonio, who had won through fraud, was too sick to correctly rule the country, resulting in a power vacuum (Henderson &James).
While the American Revolution was a colonial fight, it was chiefly caused by the colonial opposition to British efforts to impose unreasonable and greater control and power over the American colonies. The British colonies did this by imposing outrageous taxes and strict intense uncommon laws. In an attempt to fight back their freedom and oppression, a war begun between the British colonists and American colonies (Quarles &Benjamin)
Although, a thousand day’s war resulted in the victory of conservative who again continued to rule and ensured the dominance of their party over the liberal in Colombia, for another twenty-eight years, which means that freedom was no achieved in the long -run, the American Revolution led to the attainment of independence by the American people. Freedom and security for Americans and slaves was attained.
Similarities
Additionally, both the American Revolution and A thousand day’s war are both wars caused by oppression and intimidation (Henderson &James); (Quarles, Benjamin). A battle to fight for freedom, equality, and fairness and political elevations Although at different levels, where the American revolution was dealing with colonists outside their countries while a thousand wars fight Columbia, people fought against themselves.
In both the thousand day’s war and the American Revolution, there emerged vast losses of lives, where people died during the wars. Many soldiers on the front line during the war are believed to be the most affected during both wars. Consequently, there was economic disruption and distraction of the properties when both wars happened. This left Columbianians and American colonies with huge depts and many things to fix to revive their economies.
Work cited
Quarles, Benjamin. The Negro in the American revolution. UNC Press Books, 2012.
Henderson, James David. When Colombia Bled. University of Alabama Press, 2010.