That the colonists have gone mad/insane/crazy/foolish.
You wrote all of them in lower case, so I can't really help you. They're all the same. Look at the question again and please correct it so that I can help
1. they may want to keep someone's innocence or not burden another person by telling them the truth
2. they might be very competitive and hate seeing others be better than them, so they might continuously lie to their opponents
3. they could be a person who really wants to have a perfect image so they lie about their struggles
February is the only month that has 28 days
