Speaker a: “i would have hanged my brother if he took part with our enemy in this country,” said patriot sam adams.

speaker b: bodies were then piled in the carts and hauled through the streets. the loyalists laughed and hooted as they saw these carts go by. “there goes another load of rebels,” they would say.

based on these hypothetical statements, which conclusion can best be drawn about the colonists’ support for independence from england?

the issue of independence from england caused sharp differences among the american colonists.
all american colonists favored independence from england.
patriots received better treatment than loyalists.
patriots and loyalists both wanted to end british rule of the colonies.