Read this excerpt from the Connecticut royal charter. "...there shall be One Governor, One Deputy-Governor, and Twelve Assistants, to be from time to Time constituted, elected and chosen out of the Freemen...which said Officers shall apply themselves to take Care for the best disposing and ordering of the general Business and affairs of and concerning the Land...and the Government of the People thereof..." —Charter of Connecticut, 1662 To which aspect of government does this excerpt apply? A. the means by which taxes would be levied in the colony B. the means by which government leaders would be chosen C. the time table by which the colony's government would meet D. the methods by which the colony would defend itself