Declaration of Independence

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In the declaration of independence, Thomas Jefferson was communicating to the people in the colonies about what should be done concerning the situation involving themselves and their relationship with the king. He was attempting to get them riled up. Thomas Jefferson was referring to the horrific atrocities committed by the king. George the 3rd "plundered our seas". He took over the Ocean. By "ravaged our coasts", Thomas meant that the king worked havoc upon our coasts. "Burned towns", and "destroyed the lives of our people are self explanatory.

He wanted to appeal to the emotion of the people to get them fired up and ready for a revolution. Essay

In the declaration of independence, Thomas Jefferson was communicating to the people in the colonies about what should be done concerning the situation involving themselves and their relationship with the king. He was attempting to get them riled up. Thomas Jefferson was referring to the horrific atrocities committed by the king. George the 3rd "plundered our seas". He took over the Ocean. By "ravaged our coasts", Thomas meant that the king worked havoc upon our coasts. "Burned towns", and "destroyed the lives of our people are self explanatory.

He wanted to appeal to the emotion of the people to get them fired up and ready for a revolution. He was trying to get the people ready to fight. Trying to make them believe that they were fighting for a noble and just cause. The conclusion (or at least what I saw it as) was the clincher that really motivated them. I think that it was his speech to the common soldiers and citizens of the soon-to-be United States of America that got them to do so famously well in that particular clash of forces. His speech was more than to the soldiers though. It seemed to be geared towards the citizens inside the soldiers. He was trying to get patriotism for America flowing through their veins.

There was the tea act, the stamp act and finally...