Question

ANSWER ASAP!!!!!! Under the new state constitutions, most of the power was given to _____.

A. governors chosen by the state legislatures

B. state legislatures elected by the people

C. governors elected by the people

D. the people in direct democracy on civic matters

Answer 1

the legislature

The new state constitutions gave the legislature the most governmental power precisely because legislative assemblies had actively resisted attempts by royal governors and the king's ministers to violate their rights.