The present king of great britain . . has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws.
the "constitution" referred to in the quotation above from the declaration of independence was
(a) the principles common to all of the colonial charters(b) the articles of confederation(c) a constitution for the colonies written by sir william blackstone(d) the laws passed concurrently by the several colonial legislatures(e) the principles the colonists believed had traditionally regulated british government