What is the primary reason that the US has a successful transition to democracy, and most other former colonies around the world did not?

The United States had experience with local self-government before independence, including elected colonial assemblies and town governments. That experience helped people and leaders build democratic institutions after the Revolution. Other colonies often had less heritage of self-rule under colonial governments, so B, “The US had a heritage of self-governance, and most other colonies did not,” is the best answer.

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