It means that the King has imposed laws on them way over from Britain, even though these laws are against the colony laws and against the colony constitution.
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The Answer is C.
This is why. The word 'literal' can be defined simply as "face value". For example if some one says I literally haven't slept all night. You would see that this means they have not slept at all.