"... calling forth the militia in order to suppress the combinations aforesaid, and to cause the laws to be duly executed; ….that the very existence of government and the fundamental principles of social order... as occasions may require, to aid in the effectual suppression of so fatal a spirit…" George Washington's use of federal troops during the Whiskey Rebellion reflects:

A. the authority designated to the Pennsylvania state militia

B. The government's liberal stance on insurrections

C. the authority given to central government under the new Constitution

D. The authority expressed under the Articles of Confederation