Rhetorical Analysis Of The Declaration Of Independence

The Declaration of Independence is a very important as well as a large part of our American history. Everyone in America, and possibly even a lot of people outside of America are very familiar with what the Declaration of Independence is, and how it affected our history. There were plenty of events that lead up to the writing of the DOI. Thomas Jefferson is the main person that is involved with the Declaration, he was trying to get a point across to the colonist, some other american people, and congress, even though some of them already wanted the DOI to become real. Throughout the writing Jefferson was trying to keep his point at a calm, but logical tone. Towards the end it did end up getting pretty assertive but not aggressive towards anyone or anything. Jefferson used a lot of really in depth and straightforward word choices when
Later on in the document he takes a stand with his back towards the King of Britain. He believed that the colonists has be suffering for a good time now, and wanted to basically “snitch” or call out the actions of The King. In statements like, “He has abdicated government here, by declaring us out of his protection, and waging war against us. . . He has refused his assent to laws the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. . . He has endeavored to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the laws for the naturalization of foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migration hither, and raising the conditions of new appropriations of lands” he shows the actions that the King has made to have him upset towards him, and looking to seek equality. The King wanted to keep the population from growing, and that is part of what the quote above is saying, many people were against this, and even more against the ways that he went along with keeping the population the way that it was, or even