Colonial legislatures were often able to bend the power of the governors to their will because
a. the governors often had a greater sense of loyalty to their colony than to the king.
b. the governors were usually chosen by colonial legislatures and could be removed from office by the legislatures.
c. the king generally held the views of colonial legislators in higher regard than those of the governors.
d. colonial legislatures controlled taxes and expenditures that paid the governors' salaries.
e. of the threat of violence.
d
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