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1. Primary Source -- National Constitution
2. The national constitution of the United States of America. National Constitution of the U.S. organized into seven separate articles outlining the founding principles, government structure, and the rights of the individual in the U.S.
3. Key Constitutional Purposes:
Establish the formal basis of a national charter based on specific ideals
Outline the fundamental structure and obligations of government bodies
Promote the explicit definition of fundamental rights of the People
4. This source will be useful because it provides the original formal basis of the fundamental principle and values embodied by the United States as a new nation and of the respective rights of citizens, states, and the federal government.
5. Limitations: The major limitation of this source is that it does not include the subsequent amendments, especially the first 10 amendments that constitute the Bill of Rights. Those amendments are even more important to understand the U.S. Constitution than the original document as first ratified.
6. The most interesting element of this source is that Article IV Section 2 originally contained a clause (Clause 3) that ratified the institution of slavery by including the rights of slave owners to reclaim their escaped slaves from other states where they sought refuge.
7. "Clause 3: No Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due. Great and earthshaking historical changes have taken place in China in the 20th century."
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