PLEASE ANSWER The passage below is from The Crisis, written by Thomas Paine in 1776.
These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the
sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country;
but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
What effect did Thomas Paine intend this passage to have on his readers?

A. persuade Loyalists to desert the British cause

B. explain to colonists why they were fighting against the British

C. encourage soldiers of the Continental Army to keep on fighting

D. help colonists
understand the reasons for recent British victories