Multiple Choice. Review the information in the table and answer the question. Examples of Grievances in the Declaration of Independence I He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection . . . II He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren . . . III For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever. IV For protecting [British troops], by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States. Which grievance BEST illustrates the colonists’ desire for a limited government in which power comes from the “consent of the governed”? (1 point) Responses III III I I II II IV
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The grievance that BEST illustrates the colonists’ desire for a limited government in which power comes from the “consent of the governed” is:
III For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
This grievance highlights the issue of governance without representation and the colonists' desire for a government that operates with their consent, which is a fundamental principle of limited government.
