One way in witch the motives for the Arab spring and for the French Revolution are similar is that people wanted to

In both te Arab and France, commoners did not believe that they could live a better life and it took them years to realize this fact. In both the revolutions, common people got to know about the lifestyle of other people. The youth of both revolutions disagreed with their lifestyle and therefore, revolted. In both cases, there was high inflation and unemployment. Public speakings, pamphlets, magazines, newspapers were sources of information, in both the cases. The social, economic and political reasons were thus similar.

The Arab Spring was the term used to refer to the series of political uprising and movements that took place during the early 2010's on most countries situated in the Middle East. On the other hand, the French Revolution happened during the 18th century in order to overthrow the French monarchy. Similarities between these political turmoils include being driven by a weak economy.