The above letter best demonstrates which of the following regarding American colonial relations with the British Crown by the mid-1700s?
(A) The colonists were eager to obtain land and resources on behalf of the British government.
(B) The colonists wanted to reject the new taxes levied on them by the British government.
(C) With British help, Virginians hoped to force American Indians living in their colony to resettle in the Northwest Territory.
(D) The colonists had little interest in following British laws that opposed their own interests.