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.

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Cheap land availability and the lack of a feudal aristocracy helped prevent the extreme social upheaval seen in the French Revolution.

One Reason That the United States Avoided the Frightful Excesses