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"He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power."

What provision of the Constitution addresses the colonial grievance above?

A.
The Supreme Court has the power of Judicial Review over Congress.
B.
The citizens of each state shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states.
C.
The federal government has the power to coin money and make treaties.
D.
The president of the United States is the commander of the military.

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The indictment against the King of England may look like a simple list of grievances, but it contains a virtual roadmap of the requirements for good government. The abridgement of government by consent, the continual frustration or abolition of the colonial executive, legislative, and judicial powers, the establishment of a military power superior to the civilian, and the continual revision or annihilation of many of the colonists' consensual attempts to regulate their affairs an ocean away-these were not simply the complaints of an annoyed populace sick of paying taxes. The indictments of the King were meant as a petition to a "candid world," an appeal to reasonable people everywhere and meant as a justification for that most extreme but often most necessary of acts: the right of revolution.

The answer is D since according to the constitution the president of the United States is the commander of the military provision for the grievance mentioned before.


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