What can be inferred from the states insistence that the constitution included
"further declaratory and restrictive clauses"?

a. they feared an overly strong central government.
b. they wanted to use the constitution as the model for their own governments.
c. they wanted to have direct input into the content of the document.
d. they hoped to delay its enactment in order to rally opposition.

explanation:

in his book, the riddle of the rosetta stone, james giblin talks about how there was a young british polymath and physician named thomas young who made a lot of advances on the deciphering of the rosetta stone. he says that even though young made a lot of mistakes because he was working under false assumptions, he also made huge contributions like deciphering three out of the seven symbols (more than anyone else before him). young published his findings and continued his good work but he wasn't able to progress much further due to some unfavorable situations, he still laid the basis for many other scholars and of course for the man who has been generally known to have deciphered it, jean-françois champollion

it foreshadows the theme of the paragraph and hints the topic that will be discussed in the paragraph!