<u>The answer is option number 3: A = U.S. Constitution; B = Florida Constitution</u>
<u>Document A - U.S. Constitution: Written in 1787, established post offices, provided for the coinage of money.</u>
- The U.S. Constitution was written during the Philadelphia Convention from May 25 to September 17, 1787 and it was signed on September 17, 1787.
- Section 8 states the power of congress, which include:
Clause 5: To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures.
Clause 7: To establish Post Offices and post Roads.
- In section 10, it states the powers denied to the states, which include the restriction to coin money.
Clause 1: "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(...)"
<u>Document B - Florida Constitution: Ratified in 1968, established an elected cabinet, made English the official language.</u>
- The current Florida Constitution was ratified on November 5, 1968.
- In its Article II "General Provisions", in section 9, it mandates that English is the official language of the state.
- Article IV "Executive" establishes that the cabinet must be elected rather than appointed. It includes: an Attorney General, a Chief Financial Officer, and a Commissioner of Agriculture with specifically defined powers.
