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He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
–Declaration of Independence,
1776
Read the passage.
Which Enlightenment principle do the grievances in this part of the document address?
natural rights
rugged individualism
self-governance
divine right
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Self-governance.
The complaints describe the king blocking or ignoring colonial laws and preventing local governments from making and enforcing laws — a violation of the Enlightenment idea that people (or their representatives) should govern themselves.
The complaints describe the king blocking or ignoring colonial laws and preventing local governments from making and enforcing laws — a violation of the Enlightenment idea that people (or their representatives) should govern themselves.
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