By Jonathan Martin

Demands: end the reign of the Hosni Mubarak regime and the end of emergency law Incentives: police brutality, state of emergency laws, lack of free elections and freedom of speech, uncontrollable corruption, economic issues including high unemployment, food price inflation, and low minimum wages, freedom, justice, a responsive non- military government, and a say in the management of Egypt's resources.

Demand: political and economic independence from England Incentives: high taxes on most goods, no representation, no control of foreign commerce, severely limited trade, high-priced vital imports, limited land expansion (Proclamation Act)

Outside help France helped Americans The Maghreb, Levant, Persian Gulf, and others helped Egypt Propaganda use Americans: pamphlets (ex. Common Sense) Egyptians: protests, technology (ex. photos, internet) Shutdown of communication British cut American ties with foreign traders Egypt government shuts down internet

What they got out of success Americans annoyed with taxes and no representation, want own control Egyptians under cruel military dictatorship that ruined countries economy and social structure, chance to reform country Conditions of revolutionaries Americans moderately prosperous, doing fine economically, no heavy economic devastation Egyptians poor, impoverished, oppressed Effected Population Successful revolution in America affects >3 million people Successful revolution in Egypt affects 83 million+ people

Rule of oppressors America under moderately indirect rule by British, colonies have own (limited) rights to make own rules Egypt under direct rule from Mubarak regime Ruler’s condition British separated by ocean, distracted Egypt has strong police state, protection only via pictures of oppression and number of revolutionaries Country’s reformation America already had basic political structure in each colony to go off of, knew they wanted democracy Egypt had to start from scratch, knew they wanted democracy, didn’t know how to form new government

Although both American and Egyptian revolutionists were fighting for lots of the same things (representation, economic control, etc.), Egypt’s revolution was to a greater degree. Egypt had a lot more post-revolution reformation work as well as fought a stronger more concentrated enemy.

Craig Kanalley. “Egypt Revolution 2011: A Complete Guide To The Unrest” The Huffington Post. Published Accessed revolution-2011_n_ htmlhttp:// revolution-2011_n_ html Sam Haselby. “Egypt vs the American Revolution” Aljazeera.net. Published Accessed html html “2011 Egyptian Revolution” Wikipedia. Accessed Fareed Zakeria. “How Democracy Can Work in the Middle East” Time Magazine. Published Accessed html html