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Clause 1
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To collect taxes to pay the debts and provide for the common defense
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Clause 2
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To borrow money on the credit of the united states
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Clause 3
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To regulate commerce
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Clause 4
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To decide how people may become citizens of the us (uniform rule of naturalization) and to make laws on the subject of bankruptcies
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Clause 5
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To coin money and fix the standard of weights and measures
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Clause 6
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To provide punishment for counterfeiting money
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Clause 7
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To establish post offices and roads
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Clause 8
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To provide copyrights and patenets (promote progress of science and arts)
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Clause 9
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To create the lower federal courts
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Clause 10
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To define and punish foreign crimes (like piracies on the high seas)
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Clause 11
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To declare war
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Clause 12
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To raise and support armies
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Clause 13
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To provide and maintain a navy
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Clause 14
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To make rules for the land and naval forces
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Clause 15
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To provide the calling forth of the militia
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