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What is the difference between primary sources and secondary sources? And give examples of some primary and secondary sources.

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Answer: A primary source is like for an example back in time(you weren't alive) someone wrote a letter or a manuscript because that person was there when that happen.Then a secondary source is when you are now alive and you find that letter or manuscript then you read it and you understand it but you weren't there when it happend.

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A primary source is like for an example back in time(you weren't alive) someone wrote a letter or a manuscript because that person was there when that happen.

Then a secondary source is when you are now alive and you find that letter or manuscript then you read it and you understand it but you weren't there when it happend.

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