Persuasive Essay: The Declaration Of Independence

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The Declaration of Independence is without a doubt one of the most influential and persuasive pieces of writing. The delegates wrote it to convince King George, along with many colonists, that the Colonies deserved the freedom to form their own nation. The whole document provides evidence as justification for that statement. The writers used persuasive methods to get their point across, specifically repetition with “He has….” listing all of the faults of King George. It put all of the colonists’ dissents on the table and all of the reasons why they should no longer be tied to the “Mother Country”. Today, this document only has some of the relevance it had back then. Americans today are free from the rule of another nation and have received