The correct answer to this open question is the following.
You forgot to include the painting and the options for this question. However, doing some research, we can say the following.
The most likely message this painting sends to French citizens is that "one must be prepared to sacrifice their own children to preserve France."
The painting describes the scene when Brutus, a Roman official, had to defend Rome against the rebels. Among those rebels were the Brutus's sons. So Brutus had to make a decision. To defend their own sons or fight to defend his own nation. Brutus chose the second one.
In the painting, we can see Brutus and family members mourning the death of the sons.
They wouldn't grow the plantations anymore
The events of the Revolution and the birth of the new American republic were the ideal climate for American and British cartoonists. Among these are four artists, Paul Revere, William Humphreys, William Charles and Henry Pelham. Their engravings exalted anti-British sentiments and patriotic sentiments at the same time, portraying, for example, the so-called Bloody Massacre in King Street in Boston. Just as today, the caricatures of that time, graciously and mockingly represented the feelings of the people about the violent political changes.
