Why did most states limit the power of the governors and divide their legislators two bodies

British rule made them wary of giving one group too much power.

Explanation:

"They wanted to prevent abuses", or take advantage, "of power in the states and they wanted the power to be in the hands of the people." The person that said they didn't wanna be like a king was almost correct, but they had other reasons than that.

john locke is most associated with the idea of consent of the governed which is the idea that the government is only valid if it has the consent of the people who are being governed.

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c. the passage of the fifteenth amendment