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Anarchist Dan would not vote because he was an anarchist and didn't want to participate in the government.

a) True
b) False

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Final answer:

It is true that no state constitution during the Revolutionary Era allowed women to vote. Anarchists like Dan typically abstain from voting as a part of their ideological position against the legitimacy of the state or government.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question pertains to the voting rights during the Revolutionary Era and the position of anarchists like Dan, who would refuse to vote as an ideological stance. First, it's true that no state constitution in the Revolutionary Era allowed women the right to vote. As for the stance of anarchists, it is consistent with their beliefs to abstain from voting since they do not recognize the legitimacy of the state or government. Anarchists like Proudhon and Spooner viewed all governments as coercive and unjust, and therefore did not engage in governmental processes including voting.

Also, it's interesting to note that although Rousseau criticized representative government and advocated for a direct democracy, he did not conceive of it as viable for large political units, making such pure democracy difficult to implement in practice.

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