What Were Confraternities, and Why Were They Important

What were confraternities, and why were they important?

A) They were organizations of artisans that provided a way to protest injustices in the apprentice system.
B) They were secret societies comprised of farmers that helped bring wealth to the countryside.
C) They were organizations that managed to help many Europeans assimilate to the culture of natives in the Americas.
D) They were religious groups that fought to stop the spread of the society known as Freemasons in Great Britain.
E) They were political groups comprised of elites that developed legislation that put an end the traditional structure of urban trade.