Select the reasons the colonists gave for not wanting to declare their independence.
england had agreed to address their grievances.
england would be difficult for the colonists to invade.
england would be too strong to defeat.
the colonies needed england to protect them.
the colonies could not survive economically without english subsidies.
the cost in human lives would be too great.

Explanation:

Notwithstanding the reasons the homesteaders gave for not having any desire to pronounce their freedom, the American states proclaimed autonomy from Great Britain for the following reasons:

They trusted the British were treating the homesteaders unjustifiably. The British passed many expense laws that affected the pioneers. The settlers had no delegates in Parliament to cast a ballot on or talk about these laws. In English government, the general population needed to have delegates who could cast a ballot on duties that would influence them. The settlers had no such voice in British government.

the principle of popular sovereignty is most closely related to the concept of

democracy