I think it is D: Excise taxes
Answer:
the Mayflower Compact laid the foundations for two other revolutionary documents: the Declaration of Independence, which stated that governments derive their powers “from the consent of the governed,” and the Constitution.
I believe the answer is John Locke
Explanation: Yes there were other options but no we didnt use them . you see when the us gets a new toy they like to use them . so either way they would have bombed nagasaki and hiroshima and all that . other options would have been to make a truce or even fight it out with our men