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There are a number of ways a primary document such as the US Constitution can work. This primary document works as the guide for how to run the country.
Primary source
the author's motive for creating it.
secondary source
When researching American independence or almost any founding-period subject, the Declaration of Independence is indeed a primary source. The difference between primary sources and secondary sources hinges on this simple distinction: a primary source is (or was) "there", while a secondary source is (or was) not "there" but instead talks "about" it.