Based on the part of the letter that you just read, what can you conclude about the relationship between britain and the colonies at the time abigail wrote her letter? a) britain and the colonists had resolved their differences. b) the american colonies were not supporting each other. c) colonies were taking active steps to resist british laws. d) great britain and the colonies were at war.

the correct answer is b) the american colonies were not supporting each other.

at the time abigail wrote her second letter to john adams on november 27, 1775 she begins the letter with a series of rhetorical questions such as: if a form of government is to be established here what one will be assumed? , will it be left to the assemblies to chose one? with this questions, she is asking her husband what new form of government will be established and she is concerned that the delegates may not be able to come to consensus.

also, abigail believes that the regulations of government have been "so long slackened" that people could ignore a new government; she recognizes difficulty to establishing a new state.  

the correct answer is c) colonies were taking active steps to resist british laws.

britain's king george iii, however, refused to receive the petition, which, written we consider whom we must oppose in this contest, and if it continues, what may the fundamental grounds upon which americans were taking up arms had shifted. that king george refused to so much as receive the