Examine the following excerpts related to the American Revolution and then answer the question that follows.
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation...
One of the outstanding symbols of the heritage of the United States is the Declaration of Independence. It represents the concern among American citizens for the equality and unalienable rights of men and for government by their consent.
Which statement is true?
The first excerpt is a primary source because it is from the same time as the historical subject being studied
Neither excerpt would be useful to a historian who is studying the American Revolution.
The first excerpt is a secondary source because it was written some time after the historical subject being studied.
The first excerpt gives an author's analysis and interpretations of the Declaration of Independence.