Answer:
The correct option is;
B. The present; first person (plural)
Explanation:
The use of the words, we, which is the first person plural used in the introduction of several paragraphs
The use of present continuous, present perfect, and present perfect continuous as
Requires, causes, places, Taxes, offences, instituted, created, governed, warned, conjured, deriving, organizing, pursuing, abolishing
As used in the several passages within the document.