Answer: A. The British are preparing for war, and the colonists must be prepared to fight.
Explanation:
This excerpt in question is the speech by Patrick Henry to the Second Virginia Convention in March 1775 where he attempted to rouse them so that they may support the efforts of the revolutionaries in their efforts to break free of British political and establish a free American republican state.
The speech essentially told the Convention that whilst they were still unsure of what they should do, the British had already started preparing their forces for a war and that if they do not do so as well in Virginia as other colonies had began doing, the British will put them under even more bondage than they currently were.
