Answer: A general slave revolt in August started the revolution. Its success pushed France to abolish slavery in 1794, and the Haitian Revolution outlasted the French Revolution. The French Revolution became far more radical than the American Revolution. ... The profound changes set in motion by the French Revolution had an enormous impact in France as well as through the large scale European war it sparked from 1792 to 1815. It also helped to transform American politics starting in the mid-1790s. Unlike the American Revolution, the French Revolution did not end with a solid political structure but continued with rebellions against anyone that claimed power until Napoleon assumed control. The Haitian people were enslaved members of the French Colony, and playd a role in the French Rev