Question

Which of the following was an outcome of the American Revolution? Political authority shifted from colonial elites to small farmers. Enlightenment ideals were rejected as part of a quest for stability. Existing democratic tendencies in the colonial societies were accelerated. Universal voting rights were established in the former colonies.

Answer 1

Option: Existing democratic tendencies in the colonial societies were accelerated.

Step-by-step explanation:

After coming to the colonies, the colonists began to think differently than English in England. Though colonies divided into New England, Middle and Southern, they remain unified by maintaining their culture. The colonies began to show its characteristics as a democratic society by diverging from England’s monarchic ways. The American colonists fought to build democratic societies because they were compelled to admit to laws and regulations established by the British parliament.