Which of the Following Statements Accurately Describes the Republican Party

Which of the following statements accurately describes the Republican Party leaders of the late eighteenth century?

A) They were critical of the French Revolution.
B) They were stereotyped as the "rich, the able, and the well-born."
C) They viewed social and economic inequality as inherent to civilized society.
D) They considered broad democratic participation to be essential to freedom.
E) Their platform reflected traditional eighteenth-century views of society as a fixed hierarchy.