Marines arrive at a human settlement on a distant planet, and find that the colony has been destroyed by hostile aliens. Whats the plot

  henry proves that the british are trying to subjugate or control the colonies by force by indicating that the fleets of ships were preparing to attack. he believes that if the colonies back down from a war, they might become prisoner of the british rulers.

Well first of all i think you need to add an excerpt from the story or passage. i think it might be d though.