What say you?

Pros:

1776
-First free country in the Americas (In the European sense, the natives had very advanced and complex socities but that's neither here nor there)

-First country to throw off colinial tyrrany

-The United States DOI and constitution are the base for nearly all others (esp in the western hemisphere)

Cons:
-Very much a top heavy revolution, The landless and minorites were swepped under the rug.

1789
Pros
-A true peoples revolution no Bourgeoisie here

-Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen expands on the American one

-First nation with any identity to completley transform itself.

Cons
-No Bourgeoisie because they were all killed off usually after helping those ungreatful Parisians.

-France became a dictatorship soon after and tried to conquer all of Europe, How German of them

1848
Pros
-Laid groundwork for a unified Italy and Germany

-First signs of self determantion in the Habsburg dominion

-Started concessions that would eventually evolve into a work week, min wage, ETC.

-Metternich was put in his place and forced to resign

Cons
-Only truly succesful in Denmark and Holland

-Groundwork is one thing groundbreaking is another

I'm just jotting down thoughts feel free to rip this post apart. I am forced to say 1789 simlpy because I feel the Americans had to make concessions to make our country work. Not there is anything wrong with that it just is what it is.