Secondary sources can provide background information to help you understand primary sources. In this task, you’ll study a secondary source and summarize it to gain insight into one of our founding document. Read this secondary source about the history of the Declaration of Independence. As you read, be sure to look up any words you don’t know in the dictionary. You may stop reading at the heading “The Engrossed Declaration.” Now write one paragraph (100–150 words) that summarizes the information you just read about the Declaration of Independence.

https://www. archives. gov/founding-docs/declaration-histo ry

Plato

the united states constitution is the supreme law of the united states. the constitution, originally comprising seven articles, delineates the national frame of government. its first three articles embody the doctrine of the separation of powers, whereby the federal government is divided into three branches: the legislative, consisting of the bicameral congress; the executive, consisting of the president; and the judicial, consisting of the supreme court and other federal courts. articles four, five and six embody concepts of federalism, describing the rights and responsibilities of state governments, the states in relationship to the federal government, and the shared process of constitutional amendment. article seven establishes the procedure subsequently used by the thirteen states to ratify it. it is regarded as the oldest written and codified national constitution in force.

b) trade is easy because of the direct line between their major ports. bilateral trade reached 89,6 thousand million.