How were the king and the British people see the meaning of this flag

Explanation:

The British Loyalists saw it as a sign of disrespect and a sly, cunning way to become independent from the British Empire.

the answer to fill in the blank in this question would be the word resource, it is defined as the money, material or people (since human resource is a very valuable good) that a company or a person has at disposition (meaning they can use the resource as they see fit), to be able to complete a task or achieve a goal.  

i think the answer is   b.