The sentence does not contain any errors in period usage is letter (A)<span> Have you read The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien? Letter B is lacking a period after 'Lt'. Letter C lacks period after 'Rev' and letter D lacks a period right after the word 'Sgt.' As much as possible, contracted titles should have periods right after it.</span>
I would say that the intended meaning of that hyperbole is that the speaker thinks that the colonists are being unfairly treated by the British government.
