A successful revolution, whereby those who have unseated the previous government are able to usher in an irenic transformation, is not (i). Nonetheless, scholars, and even the public at large, persist in believing that the American Revolution, while clearly successful, bequeathed a(n) (ii) that all restive nations need only follow to enjoy effective self-rule. One must look no further than the sweep of the 20th century, to realize the (iii) of this conception.
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the norm
an aberration
an archetype
Blank (ii)
template
notion
maxim
Blank (iii)
futility
ambiguity
folly