Which Statement Helps Explain How America Avoided the Violent Excesses

question 37

Multiple Choice

Which statement helps explain how America avoided the violent excesses of the French Revolution?

• A) American revolutionary principles were essentially unimportant to the actual conflict.
• B) The American Revolution brought very little social change.
• C) The abundance of cheap, available land served as a safety valve for economic discontent.
• D) The nation's political democracy generated widespread consensus.
• E) The American aristocracy was socially enlightened.

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