Which of the following quotations from America’s Constitution: A Biography is the clearest example of the author’s use of historical details? A. It started with a bang. Ordinary citizens would govern themselves across a continent and over the centuries, under rules that the populace would ratify and could revise.
B. Until these ratifications took place, the Constitution's words were a mere proposal—the text of a contract yet to be accepted, the script of a wedding still to be performed.
C. No one could be certain how the American people would ultimately respond to the competing appeals.
D. In late 1787 and early 1788, supporters of the Constitution won relatively easy ratifications in Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, and Connecticut.