Has Great Britain any enemy, in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies? No, sir, she
has none. They are meant for us; they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging. What does this sentence suggest about the relationship between the colonies and the British?
The colonies are undeserving of discipline by the British.
The British are friendly toward nations throughout the world.
The colonies must be protected by the British.
The colonists are afraid of their enemies and hope for protection.
