According to the authors, the federalists had a tactical advantage due to which of the following rules governing ratification?
a. requirement prohibiting disclosure of day to day proceedings in the constitutional convention
b. requirement that ratification require approval of nine states
c. requirement that ratification take place through special state conventions
d. requirement that ratification decisions be made during the winter
e. all of the above

Article VII stipulated that nine states had to ratify the Constitution for it to go into effect. Beyond the legal requirements for ratification, the state conventions fulfilled other purposes. The Constitution had been produced in strictest secrecy during the Philadelphia convention.

Explanation:might be wrong

the lowest among the social higher rank were the working class. this class remained detached to the political progression   of the country and was hostile to the other two classes

i believe the answer is a