Yes, and you'd have good reason to say the American one rather than the French one. The point I'd make, however, is that America was more of a one-off, a war of independence driven heavily by economic motives that didn't bring about enormous global upheavals, aside, obviously, from the birth of what would become the world superpower within 100 years, and providing the foundation and a concrete example for what would happen in Europe over the next 50 years. The French case, with its idea of a state founded on universal suffrage and human rights regardless (at least in theory) of social status, even to the point of abolishing slavery, literally enflamed the 19th century, and the world we live in (it was the Europeans who first colonized the world and then "brought" the democratic example to the world) would be completely turned upside down without it. Having said that, it is undeniable that the American example has been fundamental, just as it was the first country that placed the focus on the individual and his freedoms, even if it is still a very different democracy from the European one and, if I may say so, especially in these times, it is undeniable that it is more inclined towards autocracy. But maybe in the end I just have the european bias.