Many have been the anxious hours I have spent since that day-the threatening aspect of our public affairs, the complicated distress of this province, the Arduous and perplexed Business in which you are engaged, have all conspired to agitate my [heart], with fears and apprehensions… far from thinking the Scene closed, it looks [as] tho the curtain was but just drawn …

What does the passage suggest about how colonial women viewed political events?

A. With no voting rights, women cared little about political events.

B. Women had little understanding of the political events of the day.

C. Even though they could not vote, women were very interested in political events.

D. Women did not think political issues affected their lives.