Grievances against King George IIl's actions, as listed in the U. S. Declaration of Independence, are shown. Two of these grievances clearly demonstrate a violation
of the Enlightenment principle of "consent of the governed". Consent of the
governed is the idea that the government gets its authority from the people that it
governs.
Please select the two grievances that describe violations of consent of the governed.
a) He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and
destroyed the lives of our people
b) Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us (and) for cutting off our
trade with all parts of the world
c) Depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury (and) for
transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offences
d) For taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable laws, and altering
fundamentally the forms of our governments
e) He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly
firmness his invasions on the right of the people