In both United States and France, there are many conceptions of freedom and related insights that are used in this discussion for comparison purposes. In this discussion, much emphasis on similarities and differences of conceptions of freedom in the two countries is discussed to show how concepts of freedom have evolved in the two countries. Freedom/ liberty entails the process whereby individuals are given some power to control their own lives and do whatever makes them happy. In other words, freedom play a big role in emancipating people from mental chains. The revolution that took place in both United States and France is a perfect example of the fight for freedom. The revolutions in U.S. and France took place almost at the same time, and the two countries share some models despite their different approach to the fight for freedom/liberty (Adrian, pg. 12-13).

In the United States fight for freedom, the incomers were against the mode of a ruling by their rulers. The colonists believed that the real power belongs to the people but the rulers would act as an extension of the people. However, the incomers who did not get rebellious decided not to kill King George III, the English ruler during the time of the revolution. In France, the colonists also rebelled their ruler, but unlike the U.S. colonists, they chopped off the head of Louis XIV, the king of France at during the time of the revolution. The colonists killed Louis XIV in public for the citizens to witness the beginning of a new dawn in their country. The bottom line is, the people in U.S and France had reached a point of no turning back in the fight for liberty and discrimination (Murphy, pg. 47).

In both United States and France, there were renowned philosophers at that time who put much effort in advocating for the freedom of the citizens. In U.S. a philosopher known as John Locke was in the forefront on the fight for freedom and he advocated for the common citizen to be entitled to the right of property and liberty. The efforts made by John Locke made a positive impact in the governance of United States because, after the long struggle, the government had limited power and the real power was in the hand of the people. While the French fight for freedom, there was a philosopher known as Rousseau who had brilliant ideas regarding the real revolution. Rousseau made significant contributions in the French revolution leading to the existence of absolute power by the people. However, to the disbelief of many, Rousseau pushes for full control of the society and people by the ruling governments. Even if the two philosophers had different ideas, it suffices to say; they were similar because they came up which philosophies with an agenda of helping the society to develop.

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