Assertion: democracy | /r/CapableOf | flourish after the american revolution
Facets:
value: briefly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: He wrote that Nelson suggested that democracy flourished briefly after the American Revolution but that "enhanced democratic embodiment" declined after ratification of the Constitution, and argued that "behavioral habits that dispose the citizenry so that they take an active role in the ongoing affairs of government" were more extensive during the Colonial epoch than afterwards.