Quoted Text In Carlisle, Pennsylvania, for example, reported William Petrikin, an ordinary man, “almost every day some new society [was] being formed” to block “this detestable federal conspiracy.” A volunteer militia company that he led even pledged “to oppose the establishment of the new Constitution at the risque of our life and fortunes.”
4. Why does the author include the quotation above in the section "Artisans"?
A. to indicate that the ratification of the Constitution was a dangerous endeavor
B. to illustrate how strongly some groups disapproved of the Constitution
C. to reveal the prevailing perspective of hard-working Americans regarding the Constitution
D. to support the argument that ratifying the Constitution would negatively affect the groups who argued against it