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The conventional story of the American colonists` revolt against Britain holds that the founders of the United States established a form of government that, although flawed by its leaders` failure to recognize the rights of women and African Americans, was nevertheless unsurpassed in its promise of human equality. There is, however, a cynical counterstory, which details the founders` lust for property and their crass manipulation of the colonial population, and characterizes leaders like Thomas Jefferson as having wielded promises of equality merely as deceptive tools, discarded once the Revolution was won, and as having deliberately allowed the United States to be governed by a small, powerful elite. Both of these stories assume that a homogeneous revolutionary leadership employed an equally homogeneous egalitarian discourse to justify its actions. Even a cursory examination of the public discourse from the period, however, makes it clear that the leadership was anything but homogeneous in its discourse, and that overall the relative emphasis placed on the words "liberty" and "property" was far greater than that placed on "equality".

According to the passage, which of the following best summarizes the primary difference between two accounts of the American Revolution?

AThe first account acknowledges the failure of the revolutionary leaders to recognize the rights of women and African Americans, while the second does not address the issue of equal rights.
BThe first account claims that the government succeeded in its goal of providing equal rights for all of the colonists, while the second reports that the new nation was governed by a small, powerful elite. 
CThe first account employs traditional historical scholarship and sources, while the second reports that new nation was governed by a small, powerful elite.
DThe first account suggests that the revolutionary leaders sincerely promised equality, while the second reports that the leaders` false promises of equality were a deceptive means of gaining colonists` support. 
EThe first account does not address the issue of public discourse, while the second describes how public discourse shaped the outcome of the Revolutionary War.

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