Thomas Jefferson's first paragraph in the Declaration is a rough outline of the goals of the colonies. This part of the document gives insight to what the following will include. Jefferson references God and human's natural rights to give credibility to his statements in this section. Jefferson also makes an appeal to the respect of the King of Britain's credibility and the colony's respect of his power with the phrase, "...a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation." With that, Jefferson has now clearly defined his thesis and what he and the colonies hope to accomplish.

The following paragraph is part of the same section of the Declaration but goes into more detail on the feelings the colonies and their people have. This paragraph as with the first uses God and equality to make a credibility argu

ment for the cause. The most obvious being "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." Out of any other words or phrases in the whole declaration; the first sentence has become the most recognized and famous not only for Jefferson but for the United States. Again, this phrase is an account of credibility on why the colonists should be represented before they are taxed. One of the most interesting themes of the whole document, and this section especially, is Jefferson's use of capitalization to emphasize points. Words such as, Life, Liberty, and Happiness would not be incorrect !

ng or the Monarchy. That choice of words helps get an emotional response, because the facts laid out in this section are obviously facts, but everything that is stated has a human right violation somewhere within it. The generalization of the statements makes it hit closer to the heart and would encourage others to feel the same way and join the cause of the Americans. The colonists had to gain support to accomplish to gain independence. At the time the United States had little to no military and Britain was the mo

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