Read the passage below and answer the question.

"...and in the fourteenth [fifteenth] century the whole English army, after ravaging the kingdom of France, was driven back like men petrified with fear; and this brave exploit was performed by a few broken forces collected and headed by a woman, Joan of Arc."

Why does Paine most likely refer to Joan of Arc?

A. to enlist the aid of the French government in the fight against Britain
B. to show that the Americans have God on their side just as Joan of Arc did
C. to demonstrate how cowardly the British army can be
D. to prove that the British army had been defeated in the past