"To describe the present state and circumstances of the Union we may declare in one word that we are at the Eve of a Bankruptcy and of a total dissolution of Government. Since the close of the war there has not been paid into the general Treasury as much money as was necessary for one years interest of the domestic and foreign debt and Congress have been reduced to the dreadful alternative of borrowing principal to pay interest. Our efforts at home to this end were ineffectual abroad where we were not known and, where enthusiasm for liberty has enrolled us among the most deserving of mankind, we were more successful. The deception cannot much longer be kept up and unless something can be done before the close of the ensuing year we must cease to be a unified government." -Source: William Blount, speech to the General Assembly of North Carolina, 1787 The excerpt was most likely intended to increase public support for which of the following? Choose 1 Choose 1
(Choice A) A retaining the Articles of Confederation
(Choice B) B ratifying the US Constitution
(Choice C, Checked) C adopting the Bill of Rights
(Choice D) D borrowing funds from foreign governments