For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:

For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.



This is a portion of the complaint about King George that is written in the Declaration of Independence. What does this complaint reveal about the colonists’ views on the role of government?

A.
They believed that the role of government is to create and enforce laws for its citizens.
B.
They believed that the role of government is to speak on behalf of the people.
C.
They believed that suspending legislatures protects the people from themselves.
D.
They believed that the powers to legislate should not adapt to citizens’ needs as they change.