When Paine begins his speech with the phrase “These are the times that try men’s souls,” he is suggesting that b. colonists are living in a period that will force them to show their true characters
<h3>What is a Narration?</h3>
This refers to the use of words to show the sequence of events in a given story.
Hence, we can see that based on the given text, there is the narration by Thomas Paine about the coming events that would try the souls of men and he is suggesting that colonists are living in a period that will force them to show their true characters.
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Danforth needed a confession because the rule was that if they did not confess, they were hanged. If they did not confess and Danforth decided not to hang them, the town would become angry because 12 others were already hanged for not confessing.
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The answer is A with Jeremy.