Article ii, section 4 of the constitution states: "the president, vice president and all civil officers of the united states, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors."this was written in response to which of the following colonial grievances in the declaration of independence? a. he has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies, without the consent of our legislatures. b. he has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people. c. he has refused his assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. d. he has abdicated government here, by declaring us out of his protection and waging war against us.