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Thomas Jefferson Declaration Of Independence Summary

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Analyzing “The Declaration of Independence” It’s July 4th, 1776. The American flag is blowing high above the nation and the United States is celebrating the most epochal moment in the history of their country, Independence Day. Although the Continental Congress appointed a five-person committee, in which Thomas Jefferson was part of, to write the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson was considered and honored as one of the main authors of one of the most masterfully written state paper of our nation. Jefferson’s antithetical and superior form of writing has been analyzed for years and among all his work, The Declaration of Independence is by far the most significant. It can be believed that Jefferson used a very well-known and effective …show more content…

Jefferson claims it is time to expose the abuses the colonies have undergone and that it is not only their “right” but also their “duty” to throw off a government that oppress their people. He first states twelve abuses that involve King George III’s establishment of a tyrannical authority in place of a representative government. He mentions how King George III interfered with their right to make laws for the public good by rejecting many proposals from the colonies, replacing government representatives with his own ministers, therefore creating a bias government, and interfering with the naturalization of citizens in new regions. Abuses thirteen through twenty-two describe how the parliament’s involvement destroyed the colonist’s right to self-rule. For example the Legislation, passed without colonial consent, the quartering of troops in their colonies, the shutting off of trade with other parts of the world, to force colonist to be tried in England and among these many other. The last five abuses refer to specific actions that the King took to abandon the colonies and to cause war against them. This section of his writing is where the evidence is, the “why” for the declaring of

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Long after King Charles II’s reign, King George III, followed in his footsteps, which drove a wedge between England and the colonists (“King George and His Parliament”). That wedge caused the colonists to draft a proclamation of their grievances’, and to define their inalienable

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A variety of qualified people were chosen to write the Declaration of Independence, but in the end, Thomas Jefferson was appointed. The final draft was supposed to be inspiring through its language to give people hope and freedom. With this in mind, Thomas Jefferson had a lot of pressure being the author of the final draft. A woman, who was his landlady, recorded in her journal about hearing his conflict at the time. She wrote about how she listened to him pacing frantically upstairs, trying to think of what to inscribe.

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The King did not fit the role of being powerful above all else. King George III treated the colonist in a cruel, hurtful, and shocking way. In document 7 it states, “A prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be a ruler of the free people.” The King treated the American colonist as if they meant nothing to their society or world. Another example of the treatment is, “COME, COME,WE SHALL BE FRIENDS AGAIN FOR ALL THIS.”

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The British government abuse his power by imposing taxes and quartering troops. The government taxed the colonies stuff without asking them about it. For example jefferson said “for imposing taxes on us without our consent”. The second of many abuse the government committed was military, he abused his power by making troop invade the colonies personal space and disrespecting colonies and their homes. An

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A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people” (Doc7). This excerpt from “The Declaration of Independence” describes King George III as an unfit ruler of the people and tells of the colonists’ petitions that have been read and thrown back at them with repeated hatefulness. It also tells of the King’s history of repeating injury and usurpations while having the ability to establish oppressive rule over all of the states. Another view of this situation includes the view of the British. In their eyes the colonists are being immature and are complaining more than needed towards the King George III’s decisions and ways of ruling.

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An Analysis of The Declaration of Independence Stephen King says, “To write is human, to edit is divine.” Mr. King’s claim carries considerable weight for many, engendering an angelic sense of duty to the written word. This duty was felt most strongly during the American revolution, with every word eliciting the potential for the boom of a thousand cannons. It was at this crucial turning point in American history that Thomas Jefferson was tasked with writing the Declaration of Independence, arguably one of the most influential documents in history. The changes made to the draft of the Declaration regarding capitalization, for emphasis, and the deletion and modification of specific words and phrases, for inspiring a sense of unity, create synergy,

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Could you imagine your life in the government’s hands? Through reading the Declaration of Independence, “Speech to the Second Virginia Convention”, and “From Subjects to Citizens”, one can sense an overall feeling that the colonists believe a government that disobeys people’s natural rights should be removed. Each source shows a different perspective to how the colonists felt about the overpowering king. The colonists’ main goals was to create a fair government that abided by their natural rights. Overall, these sources show how the colonists felt about their previous form of government and the changes they wish to make in their future colony so that they don’t make the same mistakes.

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The over taxed, under represented people of America needed a strong declaration showing their resolve to be free from Britain. Without the strength of The Declaration of Independence and Thomas Jefferson’s writing, the Revolution against Britain may not have been as successful and could have potentially affected modern day life negatively. This powerful document still has importance in the lives of Americans years after Thomas Jefferson wrote The Declaration of Independence. Thomas Paine’s Essay, despite the importance of, does not compare to The Declaration of Independence.

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In the presidencies of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson times were extremely confusing. Domestically, the civil rights movement was in full effect and the war in Vietnam was raging overseas. Another major implication on these two mens presidencies was the Cold War and the fight for democracy to rule over communism around the world. Thus, many of the stances these two presidents had on Vietnam involved being aggressive in the war and not letting communism defeat the “free” world. Their decisions were both aggressive and extremely stubborn when the scope of the war began to take shape.

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A second is the Colonies tried to reconcile with the king, but he was simply unsympathetic and unresponsive to the needs of the people. The king continued to take away their rights as humans and they had enough of it. And finally, Paine and Jefferson present their solution of

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Jefferson managed to organize the Declaration to where it contained an introduction, a preface, an indictment of King George III, criticism of the British people, and finally a conclusion. Firstly, Jefferson started with an introduction of “The Declaration of Independence.” Thus being the first paragraph in the document. It states the following: “When, in course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with

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Declaration of Independence Precis Thomas Jefferson in his historical document, The Declaration of Independence (1776), asserts that the colonies should break free from Britain’s tyranny. Jefferson supports his assertion through the use of anaphora, parallel structure, imagery, emotional appeal to patriotism, and logical appeal to the colonist’s basic rights. Jefferson’s purpose is to advocate for the separation of Britain and the colonies in order to escape the British tyranny that King George imposes on the American colonists. Jefferson writes in a measured tone for the British parliament, King George, and for colonists who have been a victim of Britain’s oppression.

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It can be found in the declaration numerous times to describe the hatred towards the king. They show this when they use, “For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world: for imposing taxes on

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By pointing out the flaws in Great Britain, the new colonists would more firmly believe that becoming independent would be the best course of action, no matter what the consequences, because whatever they are, it has to better than being under Great Britain’s power. Jefferson wants his audience to become angry, perhaps even livid, to get the ultimate goal; independence. He is successful in doing so, obviously the US is an independent country and no longer under any British ruling, but he also succeeded in getting his audience to focus on the issue at hand, and to agree with his

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Jefferson explains some of the King’s actions to make them submit to him. These are some of the reason why the Colonist have decided to break their bonds with Britain. Another example is: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it.

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