*PLEASE ANSWER ASAP!! I DONT GET IT*
Read this sentence about King George from the Declaration of Independence.

He has constrained our fellow Citizens, taken Captive on the high Seas, to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.

What is the effect of the words constrained (forced) and executioners?
a.) to portray King George as a heartless tyrant
b.) to show that King George still considers the colonists to be British
c.) to shame King George into showing more compassion