Question

Phillip Freneau's poem “American Liberty,” the speaker describes being “slaves and minions to a parliament.” What is the intended meaning of this hyperbole?

Answer 1

He used emotionally charged language- also known as loaded language to emphasise on the fact that their liberty was being taken away by this "parliament".

Answer 2

C) The speaker thinks that the colonists are being unfairly treated by the British government.

Step-by-step explanation:

Phillip Freneau's poem description as ''slaves and minions to a parliament'', means that they were not free at all, just robots that did what the parliament wanted and also mistreated, but some of them didn't realise that.