Which phrase completes the diagram? A. False rumors spread by colonial newspapers B. Grievances of the colonists against Britain
C. Montesquieu's separation of powers
D. The colonial theory of government

B.Grievances of the colonists against Britain

Explanation:

When the Colonists decided to break free of British rule which led to the American Revolutionary War, they did so due to many grievances that they had with the British Government, specifically it's monarch, King George III.

Some of those grievances were;

1. The King dissolved Colonial Legislatures. The Virginia General Assembly and the North Carolina General Assembly were both dissolved for criticizing the practice of taxing the Colonies without their consent.

2. The King took away the colonists' right to a trial by Jury.

3. The British quartered their troops in the houses of colonists after the French and India war to act as a deterrent to attacks.

4. British troops attacked Colonial towns.

There were 23 more grievances making a total of 27 which were made known by the colonists in the Declaration of Independence

the correct answers are:

a - pacific plate;

it is the biggest oceanic tectonic plate. surrounded on all sides by continental tectonic plates, it is submerging and gradually becoming smaller and smaller.

b - north american plate;

huge continental plate, occupying big portion of the northern hemisphere.

c -eurasian plate;

alongside the north american plate, it is one of the two dominant continental plates in the northern hemisphere.

d - indian plate;

a small continental plate, that has been part of gondwanaland initially, but after the break up of it, moved towards northeast and pushed into the eurasian plate that was once part of laurasia.

the first phase of the government’s plan for settlement was building the transcontinental railroad. the railroad provided a way to bring settlers and manufactured goods west and ship their agricultural and mining produce east. the transcontinental railroad was an essential artery for rapid development of the frontier.

the second phase of the government’s plan was a liberal land distribution policy that made it possible for many people to homestead. with these two key elements—transportation and cheap land—the government rapidly achieved its goal of persuading people to move west, settle on farms, and push back the frontier.