Question

One reason that the United States avoided the frightful excesses of the French Revolution is that A) America declared martial law until the Constitution was enacted in 1789. B) the American Revolution suddenly overturned the entire political framework. C) cheap land was easily available and America had few landed aristocrats. D) political democracy preceded economic democracy. E) a strong sense of class consciousness already existed.

Answer 1

Answer:

C) cheap land was easily available and America had few landed aristocrats.

Explanation:

Hello! The Revolution that resulted in the United States, followed the Montesquieu model, (a division of powers), while the French Revolution had Rousseau as a model, presenting a much more violent and bloody treat, which was criticized as a dictatorship that suffocated freedom.

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