No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin
Money, emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and
silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of
Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the
Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.
Why was the above passage included in the U. S. Constitution?
A. To limit the powers of the federal government
B. To strengthen the central government weakened by the Articles of
Confederation
C. To justify philosophically the powers reserved for the states
D. To clarify that the United States was a democracy, not a monarchy