Which of the Following Definitions of Democracy Matches the Ideal

Which of the following definitions of democracy matches the ideal that dominated American thought following the American Revolution?

A) a system in which the entire population was automatically granted a direct say in political decisions
B) the principle that men and women served as equal heads of the household and should both have a role in government
C) an aspiration for greater social equality and expanded political knowledge and political participation
D) a return to the purity and simplicity of premodern societies in which there were fewer laws
E) a system nearly identical to the British governing structure, but with the new states now enjoying representation