"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, 178717. Based on the excerpt, the author was most likely a member of which grourA. FederalistB. LovalistC Anti-federalistD. Whig

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