"In the Bill of Rights for this Commonwealth it is declared that the happiness of the people & the Preservation of civil government depend upon the piety religion & morality & that the people have a right to invest their Legislature with power to require that provision be made for the public worship of God & the support of [P]rotestant teachers & require the attendance of people upon such worship instructions We must insist that the Continental Constitution contain a Bill of Rights which by Express shall secure to us our privileges especially our religion." -Source: Daniel Adams, at a town meeting in Townshend, Massachusetts, 1787 The excerpt is best understood as a response to which of the following historical developments?
A. The XYZ Affair
B. The Seven Years’ War
C. The Constitutional Convention
D. The Great Awakening